Wave Issue 0310 4/11/03 Article 5-01

***Broadcom Ships Embedded 802.11a/g in Notebook
(April 8)

Broadcom Corporation, a provider of integrated circuits enabling
broadband communications, today announced it is shipping dual-
band 802.11a/g wireless local area network (LAN) mini-PCI
devices, providing notebook PC manufacturers with a single
embedded solution that supports the 802.11a/b standard, as well
as the draft 802.11g specification. Dell recently announced it is
shipping Broadcom's dual-band technology in its new Latitude
notebooks. Broadcom also announced support for the Cisco
Compatible Extensions program.

Notebooks equipped with Broadcom's 802.11a/g mini-PCI technology
will provide built-in connectivity to any wireless access point
in a network, whether operating in the 2.4 GHz frequency range
(802.11b/g) or the 5 GHz frequency range (802.11a). Enterprise,
home and public access networks are expected to upgrade to
802.11g, and enterprises will add supplementary network capacity
using 802.11a. 802.11a/g-enabled client devices will support
single- or dual-band wireless infrastructure without the need for
additional hardware purchases.

Multiple PC OEMs such as Dell will offer Broadcom's embedded
dual- band 802.11a/g in their new notebook computers to provide
wireless network flexibility for clients amid evolving enterprise
infrastructures. All Broadcom-enabled 802.11a/g wireless LAN
solutions feature 54g technology, Broadcom's implementation of
the draft 802.11g specification.

Broadcom also announced an agreement with Cisco to provide
support for Cisco Compatible Extensions in its AirForce wireless
LAN client family. Through a no-cost, non-exclusive license,
Broadcom will integrate features of Cisco Aironet wireless LAN
systems into its OneDriver software to offer added security,
network management and roaming features to wireless clients in a
Cisco Aironet wireless LAN infrastructure.

Broadcom's dual-band 802.11a/g mini-PCI solution has been Wi-Fi
CERTIFIED as compatible with 802.11a and 802.11b devices. The
three-chip all-CMOS solution features range and throughput
performance in both 802.11a and 54g mode, as well as hardware-
enabled WEP and AES security features, and software that will
support WPA, CCX, and 802.11i. The solution is shipping today
with worldwide compatibility to regulatory requirements and is
architected to conform to the 'harmonized standard' as well as
802.11h and 802.11d.

All of Broadcom's wireless LAN client solutions use the same
OneDriver software. The OneDriver software includes an Advanced
Context Switching algorithm that automatically chooses the
maximum connection speed regardless of frequency band.

Broadcom's high performance WLAN product line, AirForce, features
good breadth and depth. In addition to transceivers that provide
IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11a and dual-band 802.11a/g solutions,
Broadcom integrates wireless network processors, communications
technologies and software solutions into reference designs that
speed customer time to market. Broadcom partners are developing
AirForce-enabled client solutions, access points, routers, cable
modems, DSL modems, Bluetooth solutions and GPRS cellular
products.

www.broadcom.com