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  1. jixiangyuan

    BCM4916 process node?

    Hi, I read that the BCM4908 is made using the 28nm process, and the B4912 is made using TSMC’s 16nm process, but I can’t find any information about the BCM4916 regarding process node online. Does anyone know which process it use?
  2. XIII

    News Chipmaker Broadcom to buy VMware in $61 bln deal

    This is a move (and price) I did not expect: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/chipmaker-broadcom-buy-vmware-61-bln-deal-2022-05-26/
  3. thiggins

    Broadcom Announces Wi-Fi 6E Mobile Device

    Broadcom today announced a draft 802.11ax client device to support the as yet unapproved 6 GHz extension of unlicensed Wi-Fi spectrum (aka Wi-Fi 6E). The BCM4389 is a two-stream mobile device, intended to replace its BCM4375 that is currently used in Samsung's Galaxy S10 and Apple's iPhone 11...
  4. M

    Does BCM43684(or Archer AX6000) support OFDMA on 2.4GHz band?

    I want to buy a router that support 802.11ax / OFDMA on 2.4+5GHz UL+DL / Beam Forming / Band Stirring / HE+VHT 160MHz / >2.5G Ethernet WAN / DLNA, SAMBA service on >USB3.0 port. I'm interested by Tp-link Archer AX6000 because it's quite cheap right now in my country, and I know it support UL/DL...
  5. Julio Urquidi

    News CES 2020: Broadcom Releases Wi-Fi 6E Access Point Solutions Samples To Customers

    Broadcom got ahead of itself and the Wi-Fi industry today with its announcement of eight AP devices that support the draft 802.11ax standard in the 6 GHz band, which has recently been dubbed Wi-Fi 6E by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The FCC has not yet released the the new spectrum for unlicensed use. If...
  6. T

    Sharing Antennas for 4x4 Dual Band

    Does anyone know of a mux or similar device that can take output from 2 different Wifi 4x4 radios (one a 2.4G and the other 5G; both use the Broadcom BCM43465 MU-MIMO chipset) and connect them to the same 4 antennas? I don't want to use 8 antennas so looking for way to share the same 4 antennas...
  7. thiggins

    News NETGEAR Announces Tri-Band AX RAX200 Router

    If you have a spare $600 lying around and want to jump into the swirling waters that are today's draft 11ax/Wi-Fi 6 router market, you might be interested in NETGEAR's new Tri-Band draft 11ax router. The Nighthawk RAX200 Tri-Band AX12 12-Stream Wi-Fi 6 Router joins ASUS's "AX1100" class ROG...
  8. thiggins

    TP-Link Announces Two Wi-Fi 6 Routers

    TP-Link yesterday unveiled a pair of draft 802.11ax routers, both based on Broadcom's draft 11ax platform. The Archer AX6000 (shown above) and Archer AX11000 compete with draft AX products already announced by ASUS and NETGEAR, but bring some unique features to the market. The Archer AX6000 is...
  9. thiggins

    News NETGEAR Stealthily Goes Public With Its Draft 11ax Routers

    NETGEAR today decided to let some of us write about its draft 11ax routers. Companies usually introduce new products--especially first-in-category / next-generation / top-of-line routers--with as much fanfare as they can muster. But NETGEAR is taking a different approach with its first two...
  10. B

    After DOCSIS, DSL goes Full Duplex: Broadcom releases Full Duplex G.fast modem

    Broadcom announced that they have a full duplex G.fast modem implementation production ready. The BCM65400 device family could enable symmetric download and upload speed over short xDSL lines. Broadcom is showcasing G.fast-based full-duplex in the Broadcom Booth MR10 Hall 22A this week at the...
  11. B

    Broadcom launches new Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax chips aimed at repeaters and Mesh nodes

    Broadcom introduced two news Wi-Fi 6 SoC's aimed mainly at repeaters and Mesh nodes. The BCM6752 contains a triple-core CPU, 2x2 802.11ax radio and dual gigabit ethernet ports in a single package, while the BCM6755 had a quad-core CPU, two 2x2 802.11ax radio's and a single gigabit ethernet port...
  12. B

    Broadcom's BCM63178 combines a VDSL Profile 35b modem and Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax radio in a single chip

    Today Broadcom introduced the BCM63178, a SoC that combines a VDSL Profile 35b, also known as VPlus, modem, and a 2x2 Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax radio. It contains a 1.5 GHz multi-core CPU (8.5k DMIPS) and can be combined with Broadcom's BCM43684 802.11ax WLAN chipset. The chipset family is sampling...
  13. B

    Apple iPhone XS and XS Max might support 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)

    According to Tech Insights the new iPhones use a Broadcom BCM4377 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth wireless combo SoC. The BCM4377 is not publicly listed, and probably custom made for Apple. The closest related however is the BCM4375, also a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo chip. And it supports 802.11ax (recently branded...
  14. thiggins

    RT-AX88U FCC Docs all posted.

    Internal pix are posted. Confirms it is Broadcom based. Radio SoCs: BCM43684KRFBG CPU: Broadcom, but no clear photo. WikiDevi says BCM49408 (1.8 GHz, 4 cores) Switch: BCM53134 RAM: 1 GB Flash: 256 MB The switch appears to have only gigabit ports. It has one SGMII 1G/2.5G port to support...
  15. sfx2000

    Fun article on Cisco "merchant" switches

    Nice insight into the ASIC's and Architecture of Enterprise/Carrier Grade switches one usually finds in the data centers and central offices... https://www.nextplatform.com/2018/06/20/a-deep-dive-into-ciscos-use-of-merchant-switch-chips/ Enjoy!
  16. thiggins

    ASUS Expands 11ax Lineup And Sets Ship Date

    ASUS announced two new 802.11ax routers at Computex 2018 today and said shipments will begin in Q3 this year. At the top end is the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000, the "world's first" tri-band 802.11ax router. The 11,000 comes from--you guessed it--the sum of top link rates of 1148 Mbps on 2.4 GHz and...
  17. thiggins

    Wi-Fi Alliance Announces Roaming Assist Certification Program

    The Alliance's Wi-Fi Agile Multiband Certification program is based on IEEE 802.11 k, v, u and r standards plus "Wi-Fi Alliance defined technologies". It is intended to establish a standard use of these technologies vs. the piecemeal approach currently taken by most makers of Wi-Fi product and...
  18. thiggins

    ASUS RT-AC86U Dual Band AC2900 Wireless Router Reviewed

    ASUS' RT-AC86U Dual Band AC2900 Wireless Router aims to replace the RT-AC68 as ASUS' mainstream midrange router. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  19. thiggins

    Plume In a Three-way On Carrier Wi-Fi Mesh Systems?

    Plume Design today announced collaborations with both Broadcom and Qualcomm for development of multi-node distributed Wi-Fi systems. The Broadcom deal focuses on integration of Broadcom's Air-IQ and ZeroWaitDFS features with Plume's Adaptive WiFi Cloud Control and Management Platform. Also...
  20. thiggins

    Why You Don't Need MU-MIMO

    Delays, missteps and over-aggressive marketing have made this once promising technology something you can live without. Read on SmallNetBuilder
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