Broadcom Accelerates Enterprise Wireless Networks With Industry's First End-to-End...

Broadcom Accelerates Enterprise Wireless Networks With Industry's First
End-to-End Unified WLAN Solution

New Combined Silicon and Software Offering Provides Improved Scalability,
Automated Network Management and Better Performance for Enterprise WLANs

IRVINE, Calif., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq:
BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless
communications, today announced the industry's only end-to-end unified silicon
and software solution for 802.11n enterprise wireless networks. By combining
its industry-leading wireless LAN (WLAN) silicon, switch silicon and
networking software, Broadcom provides a complete platform for OEMs to design
and bring to market a unified wireless network solution. This highly
integrated, low power enterprise WLAN solution enables seamless mobility
around the office while delivering the same network management, scalability,
security, performance and cost advantages of a wired network.

According to ABI Research, the 802.11n access point market is expected to
reach 14 million units by 2014, up from less than a million units in 2008,
which translates to a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 105
percent(1). This growth is due to the greater mobility that the 802.11n
standard provides in the enterprise, as well as its ability to provide a more
robust wireless network that can support numerous Wi-Fi(R)-enabled devices
such as VoIP handsets, smartphones, desktop PCs and laptops.

Most enterprise wireless networks in existence today have been grafted onto an
existing wired network using an overlay approach in which all WLAN traffic is
tunneled to a centralized access controller where it is de-encapsulated and
authenticated before entering the wired network. While this approach is
workable for 802.11a/b/g networks, it creates bottlenecks in higher bandwidth
802.11n networks because it treats wireless as a special service running over
the network rather than an inherent feature of the network itself. For
802.11n-based networks, IT managers need a WLAN architecture that provides
maximum bandwidth and capacity without reducing efficiency or straining
budgets.

To meet this challenge, Broadcom delivers a new approach that unifies an
enterprise's wired and wireless infrastructure and enables an enterprise Wi-Fi
network to provide the scalability, automated network management and robust
performance that will drive the adoption of 802.11n in the enterprise. This
solution includes several new products: the Broadcom(R) BCM56520 unified
wireless switch, the Intensi-fi(R) BCM4748 802.11n access point (AP)
system-on-a-chip (SoC) with Accelerange(TM) technology, and FASTPATH(R)
Unified Wireless Switching (UWS) 6.0 software optimized for unified wireless
switching and unified wireless APs.

"While 802.11n improves Wi-Fi performance and expands wireless connectivity
into new applications, it requires a new unified network architecture to avoid
inefficiencies and traffic bottlenecks," said Martin Lund, Vice President &
General Manager of Broadcom's Networking Switching Business Unit. "Our
expertise in wired and wireless networks makes us uniquely positioned to
address this challenge. Not only are we the first to develop the silicon
building blocks necessary for a unified network architecture, we are also the
only vendor with software specifically designed to support it. With a unified
wireless network, all of the performance, scalability and expense benefits of
the traditional wired network are now available to support wireless traffic."

The BCM56520 Unified Wireless/Wireline Switch
The new BCM56520 is the sixth generation of Broadcom's popular StrataXGS(R)
Ethernet switch family and is a highly integrated multi-layer switch designed
to address new and emerging enterprise applications. It is the first true
unified wireless/wireline switch that enables edge stackable systems to offer
the performance and scalability previously available only with high-end
wireless controllers.

The BCM56520 enables manufacturers to create edge switches at cost points that
make a unified wireless network possible without the need for special or
additional components. This is done by supporting CAPWAP tunneling in silicon
for access point and mobility domain connectivity. The BCM56520 incorporates
up to 28 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports and six HiGig2(TM) ports that can
interconnect with other Broadcom devices for developing scalable, high
performance fixed and modular systems.

The BCM4748 Integrated 802.11n AP SoC
The new BCM4748 is a complete solution that accelerates time-to-market and
reduces development costs for a variety of enterprise 802.11n access points.
It is the industry's only AP solution that combines an 802.11n medium access
controller (MAC), a baseband processor, a dual-band radio, a MIPS74K(R) CPU, a
GbE MAC, power amplifiers and other WLAN components on a single die. The
highly integrated BCM4748 reduces the number of components required to build
an enterprise class 802.11n AP, significantly reducing the footprint while
lowering bill-of-materials (BOM) costs.

In turn, networking manufacturers can bring the increased performance and
range of the 802.11n standard to the enterprise at price points that are
competitive with current 802.11a/b/g solutions. The 65 nanometer BCM4748 also
enables simultaneous dual-band 802.11n APs to be powered using existing Power
over Ethernet (PoE) infrastructure without having to add extra ports to
support dual-mode operation or upgrading to PoE+ capabilities.

FASTPATH Unified Wireless Switching and Unified Access Point Software
The unified, end-to-end WLAN platform is managed by Broadcom's popular
FASTPATH Unified Wireless Switching (UWS) and Unified Access Point (UAP)
networking software. The latest version, FASTPATH 6.0, incorporates wireless
virtualization software that enables centralized management for unified edge
switching (rather than controller-based switching). This provides better
scaling in the network by virtualizing the entire WLAN so it can be managed
through one switch interface although the duties are actually distributed to
all the switches in the network.

This latest release of FASTPATH software is also optimized to drive wireless
voice in the enterprise and supports additional capabilities necessary for
enterprise-grade voice over WLAN (VoWLAN). FASTPATH UWS/UAP eliminates the
need for third party software or in-house development, which leads to a faster
time-to-market. FASTPATH UWS is also available in source code format which
enables customers to integrate Broadcom networking software it into their
existing internal switching operating system or use it as a standalone for an
out-of-the-box solution.

Availability and Pricing
Broadcom's end-to-end unified wireless solution for the enterprise, featuring
the BCM56520 switch, the BCM4748 802.11n access point SoC and FASTPATH 6.0
networking software are all sampling to early access customers. Pricing is
available upon request.

About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in
semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products
enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the
home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's
broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions
to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment
and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support
our core mission: Connecting everything(R).

Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with
2008 revenue of $4.66 billion, holds over 3,300 U.S. and over 1,300 foreign
patents, and has more than 7,500 additional pending patent applications, and
one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and
wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.

A FORTUNE 500(R) company, Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has
offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom
may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at www.broadcom.com.

1) ABI Research, Wi-Fi Equipment Market Share Analysis and Forecasts, March
2009.

Cautions regarding Forward Looking Statements:
All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release, other
than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current
expectations, estimates and projections about our industry and business,
management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are
subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by
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"believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could,"
"potential," "continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, and variations or
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include, but are not limited to, the demand for end-to-end unified 802.11n
wireless solutions for the enterprise, our position in that market, and the
timing of volume production for the BCM56520 switch and the BCM4748 unified
access point SoC. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that
could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those
expressed in any forward-looking statement.

Important factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom in connection
with BCM56520 switch, BCM4748 802.11n AP SoC products and FASTPATH 6.0
networking software include, but are not limited to:
-- General economic and political conditions and specific conditions in
the
markets we address, including the volatility in the technology sector
and semiconductor industry;
-- The rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt
Broadcom's technologies and products in the markets;
-- Delays in the adoption and acceptance of industry standards in those
markets;
-- The gain or loss of a key customer, design win or order; and
-- Our ability to timely and accurately predict market requirements and
evolving industry standards and to identify opportunities in new
markets.

Additional factors that may cause Broadcom's actual results to differ
materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements include, but are
not limited to the list that can be found at
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Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange
Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks as well as other important risk
factors that could contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our
business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking
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Heather A. Roberts T. Peter Andrew
Media Relations Manager Vice President, Corporate Communications
408-922-8195 949-926-5663
hroberts@broadcom.com andrewtp@broadcom.com

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