20th Jun 2007 14:00
Celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, Pace Micro Technology,a dedicated, global set-top box developer that supplies the world'slargest television service providers, and Broadcom Corporation(Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired andwireless communications, today announced that they are workingtogether to demonstrate DOCSIS(R) 2.0 Channel Bonding capability. Thedemonstrations are taking place at the Society of CableTelecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Cable-Tec Expo, June 20-22 at theOrange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fl. in Pace's Exhibit#2659,. £ The combined companies' technologies - Pace's next-generationHD-DVR set-top box with Broadcom's DOCSIS 2.0 with Channel Bondingset-top cable modem silicon - enables greater than 100Mb/sec ofpayload data (any combination of video, data, voice, or all three) tobe sent to the set-top box for display or pass-through to Ethernetconnected devices (routers, PCs, VoIP phones, etc.). £ The Pace Channel Bonding set-top is just one of many newtechnologies being publicly shown this week at SCTE and soon to beincorporated into all Pace DOCSIS-enabled set-top boxes. £ Subscriber and Operator Benefits £ As many operators are lighting up DOCSIS into set-tops, theability to combine or "bond" up to 3 DOCSIS 6 MHz downstream channelstogether opens up a tremendous bandwidth pipe into the home. Thissizeable pipe can then be used for such applications as offeringgreater high-speed data access, more content programs that are notcurrently broadcasted, and additional home networking capabilities. £ "This Channel Bonding technology enables cable operators toleverage their existing investments in a DOCSIS 2.0 infrastructure,allowing them to forge ahead and not wait for DOCSIS 3.0 deployments,"said Pace Americas VP of Technology Chris Dinallo. "Channel Bondingwill help alleviate the bandwidth crunch that cable operators arefacing in order to satisfy the ever-increasing appetite for moreprogramming and advanced services that require greater bandwidth," headded. £ About Pace Micro Technology £ Celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, Pace Micro Technologyplc (pic.l) is a leading technology developer for the global payTVindustry. Pace's main focus is on creating intelligent and innovativeproducts and services that benefit its customers and fuel thedevelopment of digital TV. £ Pace has one of the world's most experienced specialistengineering teams and is the partner of choice for leading payTVoperators across the globe, including the top operators in NorthAmerica, BSkyB, FOXTEL, Premiere, Sky Italia and UPC (part of LibertyGlobal). £ Pace's international headquarters are in Saltaire, West Yorkshire,UK, with further offices in the USA, France, Germany, India and HongKong. For more information on Pace, please visit www.pacemicro.com. £ About Broadcom £ Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and globalleader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications.Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data andmultimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobileenvironment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio ofstate-of-the-art, system-on-a-chip and software solutions tomanufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digitalentertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. Thesesolutions support our core mission: Connecting everything(R). £ Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductorcompanies, with 2006 revenue of $3.67 billion, and holds over 2,000U.S. and 800 foreign patents, more than 6,000 additional pendingpatent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual propertyportfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice,video and data. £ Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices andresearch facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may becontacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at http://www.broadcom.com. £ Safe Harbor Statement of Broadcom Corporation under the PrivateSecurities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: £ All statements included or incorporated by reference in thisrelease, other than statements or characterizations of historicalfact, are forward- looking statements. These forward-lookingstatements are based on our current expectations, estimates andprojections about our industry and business, management's beliefs, andcertain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change.Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as"anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes,""seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could,""potential," "continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, andvariations or negatives of these words. These forward-lookingstatements are not guarantees of future results and are subject torisks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actualresults to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in anyforward-looking statement. £ Important factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom inconnection with cable set-top box products include, but are notlimited to, general economic and political conditions and specificconditions in the markets we address, including the volatility in thetechnology sector and semiconductor industry, trends in the broadbandcommunications markets in various geographic regions, includingseasonality in sales of consumer products into which our products areincorporated, and possible disruption in commercial activities relatedto terrorist activity or armed conflict in the United States and otherlocations; the rate at which our present and future customers andend-users adopt Broadcom's technologies and products in the marketsfor cable set-top box applications; delays in the adoption andacceptance of industry standards in those markets; the timing,rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders and ourability, as well as the ability of our customers, to manage inventory;the gain or loss of a key customer, design win or order; our abilityto scale our operations in response to changes in demand for ourexisting products and services or demand for new products requested byour customers; our ability to specify, develop or acquire, complete,introduce, market and transition to volume production new products andtechnologies in a cost-effective and timely manner; intellectualproperty disputes and customer indemnification claims and other typesof litigation risk; the quality of our products and any remediationcosts; our ability to timely and accurately predict marketrequirements and evolving industry standards and to identifyopportunities in new markets; problems or delays that we may face inshifting our products to smaller geometry process technologies and inachieving higher levels of design integration; our ability to retain,recruit and hire key executives, technical personnel and otheremployees in the positions and numbers, with the experience andcapabilities, and at the compensation levels needed to implement ourbusiness and product plans; the risks and uncertainties associatedwith our international operations; competitive pressures and otherfactors such as the qualification, availability and pricing ofcompeting products and technologies and the resulting effects on salesand pricing of our products; the timing of customer-industryqualification and certification of our products and the risks ofnon-qualification or non-certification; changes in our product orcustomer mix; the volume of our product sales and pricing concessionson volume sales; the availability and pricing of third partysemiconductor foundry, assembly and test capacity and raw materials;fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third partysemiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in thefabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products; the risksof producing products with new suppliers and at new fabrication andassembly facilities; the effectiveness of our expense and product costcontrol and reduction efforts; the effects of natural disasters,public health emergencies, international conflicts and other eventsbeyond our control; the level of orders received that can be shippedin a fiscal quarter; and other factors. £ Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports onForm 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securitiesand Exchange Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks as well asother important risk factors that could contribute to such differencesor otherwise affect our business, results of operations and financialcondition. The forward-looking statements in this release speak onlyas of this date. We undertake no obligation to revise or updatepublicly any forward-looking statement for any reason. £ Broadcom(R), the pulse logo, Connecting everything(R) and theConnecting everything logo are among the trademarks of BroadcomCorporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain othercountries and/or the EU. DOCSIS(R) is a trademark of Cable TelevisionLaboratories, Inc. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned arethe property of their respective owners. Copyright Business Wire 2007Related Shares:
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