Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Broadcom Corp | Subject: BCM4705 GbE processor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 December 2006
Processor links Wi-Fi with Gigabit
Ethernet
Wi-Fi Gigabit Ethernet processor that extends Intensi-fi family of draft-802.11n solutions.
Broadcom Corp has announced a new Wi-Fi Gigabit Ethernet processor that extends its Intensi-fi family of draft-802.11n solutions Although current generations of 802.11n products deliver four times the throughput of 802.11g, performance is actually bottlenecked by the Fast Ethernet switch and network processor
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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By integrating a GbE controller and increasing the processor's clock speed, Broadcom's latest offering eliminates those bottlenecks, allowing the system to achieve the theoretical maximum wireless 802.11n performance, nearly eight times that of 802.11g.
The new Broadcom Wi-Fi GbE processor is available today in products from leading OEMs, including Linksys and Buffalo.
In real world tests conducted by Broadcom and validated by a third-party testing company, products powered by the new Broadcom BCM4705 GbE processor produced industry leading Wi-Fi th