Tech Ticker » BCM4329 http://techtickerblog.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:13:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Broadcom creates 3-in-1 chip with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM http://techtickerblog.com/2008/12/10/broadcom-creates-3-in-1-chip-with-wi-fi-bluetooth-and-fm/ http://techtickerblog.com/2008/12/10/broadcom-creates-3-in-1-chip-with-wi-fi-bluetooth-and-fm/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:03:16 +0000 Kunal Gangar http://www.techtickerblog.com/?p=6278

 

Citing the surge of combination chips for space-constraint devices and the need for low power consumption, Broadcom has come up with a combo chip that integrates Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth and a FM receiver as well as transmitter on a single silicon die.

Broadcom is the first company to add 802.11n in chips and they claim that it can provide a wireless throughput of up to 50Mbps. It also boasts other Wi-Fi features like Space Time Block Coding (STBC), Short Gual Interval (SGI), A-MPDU aggregation, Block Ack, Greenfield and RIFS. Since both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth share the same 2.4GHz band, the chip uses a co-existence algorithm and a shared antenna system to minimize the interference.

Broadcom has scheduled this BCM4329 combination chip to mass produced in 2009.

Press Release

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