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Broadcom Unveils World's First Gigabit Ethernet Controller with Support
for PCI-X Standard=BCM5700 Demonstrates Higher Performance and Lower CPU
Utilization Than Any Other Commercially Available Solution

IRVINE, Calif., Dec 11, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Broadcom Corporation
(Nasdaq:BRCM), the leading provider of integrated circuits enabling broadband
communications, today extended its leadership position in Gigabit Ethernet 
with
the introduction of the world's first Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Controller
(MAC) chip that supports Peripheral Computer Interconnect (PCI) and PCI-X 
local
bus interfaces for use in network interface cards (NIC) and LAN-on-Motherboard
(LOM) implementations.

The company's first Gigabit Ethernet MAC, the Broadcom(R) BCM5700, which comes
with a comprehensive suite of software, sets a new standard in the industry 
for
performance and on-chip integration. Broadcom's high performance 10/100/1000
BASE-T MAC is complemented by its broad family of Gigabit Ethernet transceiver
chips and will enable the company to provide customers with complete
MAC/transceiver solutions that will drive down the cost of Gigabit Ethernet in
next-generation servers, workstations, and desktop computers. Furthermore,
Broadcom's strategic alliance announced today with 3Com Corporation, the most
preferred brand and channel for network interface cards and LOM networking
solutions, will further accelerate customer migration from Fast Ethernet to
Gigabit Ethernet.

"By delivering leading edge MAC, transceiver and software technology with
unprecedented levels of integration, Broadcom is driving up performance while
driving down the price points to enable widespread adoption of Gigabit
Ethernet," said Marty Colombatto, Vice President and General Manager of
Broadcom's Networking Business Unit. "Broadcom's initiative to develop Gigabit
MAC technology is strategic to our overall commitment to deliver to our
customers the highest level of integration and performance for the advancement
of corporate networks."

Broadcom's first generation Gigabit Ethernet controller provides an
unprecedented level of integration, combining support for 10/100/1000 Megabit
per second (Mbps) operation, dual high-speed on-chip processors, 128KB of
integrated on-chip memory, advanced packet classification engines, and PCI
/PCI-X 1.0 local bus interconnects in a single-chip solution. Triple speed 
(10,
100, and 1000 Mbps) support with standard-based auto-negotiation allows 
server,
workstation and desktop computer manufacturers to build solutions that can
transparently interface with Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet
technology over the existing Category 5 cabling infrastructure, and provides 
an
easy path for migrating legacy 10 Mbps and 10/100 Mbps networks to Gigabit
speed.

The BCM5700 is the industry's first Gigabit MAC to incorporate the recently
approved PCI-X v1.0 local bus interface specification allowing data transfer
rates of up to 1.066 Gigabytes per second between the controller and the 
system.
Support for PCI-X enables Broadcom's Gigabit Ethernet MAC to maintain traffic 
at
Gigabit speeds in I/O intensive server applications where multiple 
communication
and storage peripheral devices share the same I/O bus. Broadcom's support for
the new PCI-X interface demonstrates the company's commitment to delivering
leading edge I/O technology for servers and workstations.

According to Bert McComas, analyst for InQuest Market research, "By the middle
of 2001, we expect that PCI-X will be enabled in new mainstream server 
platforms
from all leading server vendors. PCI-X builds on the momentum of PCI as the 
most
widely supported I/O standard in the world, and defines a clear path to 
satisfy
next generation server I/O performance demands."

Gigabit Ethernet provides ten times the performance of today's 10/100 BASE-T
server, workstation, and desktop network connections. This leap forward in
performance is especially critical for today's servers and workstations that 
are
already being bottlenecked by aging 10/100 Ethernet connections. With Internet
traffic doubling every three to six months, accelerating the performance and
communication speed of the server is critical for enhancing end-users' 
Internet
and e-Business experience.

Early tests show the BCM5700 raises the bar for the competition in both
throughput and host CPU efficiency. By focusing on total performance of the
system, the architecture of the BCM5700 enables servers and workstations not
only to communicate faster but also to reduce the consumption of valuable 
system
resources needed to reach Gigabit communications speeds.

PCI-X is an extension of the widely accepted PCI standard for data transfer
between CPUs and I/O peripherals and is becoming widely used by manufacturers
for speeding the flow of data within servers, storage area networks and 
network
switches. Backwards compatible with the high performance PCI local bus
specification, PCI-X offers an immediate solution to the increased I/O
requirements for high-bandwidth applications such as Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre
Channel, Ultra3 SCSI and high-performance graphics. PCI-X supports 32-bit and
64-bit operations at frequencies up to 133 MHz, allowing data throughput of 
over
1 Gigabyte per second.

Broadcom also offers the most complete suite of software for server 
applications
supporting all leading operating systems. This software suite is already
undergoing extensive system-level qualification by leading server OEMs.
Broadcom's server software package includes multi-vendor fail-over, IEEE 
802.3AD
port aggregation, Layer 3 switch-independent Smart-Load-Balancing(TM), 
Hot-Plug
PCI, IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging, and IEEE 802.1P traffic prioritization for
Quality of Service (QoS), cable analyzer, and advanced diagnostics and control
functions. The combined BCM5700 MAC and server software solution demonstrates
superior functionality to any other Gigabit Ethernet NIC or LOM solution
commercially available today.

A complete NIC and LOM solution is achieved by combining the BCM5700 with one 
of
Broadcom's market leading Gigabit Ethernet transceivers, which support the 
three
Ethernet speeds - 10, 100, and 1000 Mbps - in a single-chip solution with
intelligent networking functions, such as cable diagnostics and auto network
detection. Having shipped over a million Gigabit Ethernet ports, Broadcom
continues to extend its leadership position in Gigabit Ethernet, with the
broadest, most advanced family of Gigabit Ethernet transceivers. Broadcom's
Gigabit Ethernet transceiver architecture is the only solution that has been
proven in actual high-volume field deployment. Furthermore, Broadcom's Gigabit
Ethernet transceiver architecture has completed over eighteen months of
extensive system- and device-level testing in real-world and "worse-case" 
cable
plants by hundreds of engineers in dozens of test sites worldwide.


Pricing and Availability

Broadcom's Gigabit Ethernet MAC and Phy chipset solution is available now and 
is
priced at $59.


About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation is the leading provider of highly integrated silicon
solutions that enable broadband digital transmission of voice, video, and 
data.
Using proprietary technologies and advanced design methodologies, the company
designs, develops and supplies integrated circuits for a number of the most
significant broadband communications markets, including the markets for cable
set-top boxes, cable modems, high-speed local, metropolitan and wide area
networks, home networking, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), carrier 
access,
residential broadband gateways, direct broadcast satellite and terrestrial
digital broadcast, optical networking, digital subscriber lines (xDSL) and
wireless communications. Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and may 
be
contacted at 949-450-8700 or at www.broadcom.com.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995:

This release may contain forward-looking statements based on our current
expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, management's
beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us. Words such as "anticipates,"
"expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will"
and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to
expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or
circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking
statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are
subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to
predict. Therefore, our actual results could differ materially and adversely
from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various
factors.

Important factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom in connection
with the BCM5700 product include, but are not limited to, the timing and
successful completion of technology and product development through volume
production; the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users
adopt Broadcom's technologies and products in the markets for Gigabit 
Ethernet;
delays in the adoption and acceptance of industry standards in the foregoing
markets; the timing of customer-industry qualification and certification of 
our
products and the risks of non-qualification or non-certification; the timing,
rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders; the loss of a key
customer; the volume of our product sales and pricing concessions on volume
sales; silicon wafer pricing and the availability of foundry and assembly
capacity and raw materials; the qualification, availability and pricing of
competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and
pricing of our products; intellectual property disputes and customer
indemnification claims; fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third
party semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the fabrication,
assembly, testing or delivery of our products; our ability to specify, develop
or acquire, complete, introduce, market and transition to volume production 
new
products and technologies in a timely manner; the effects of new and emerging
technologies; the effectiveness of our product cost reduction efforts; the 
risks
of producing products with new suppliers and at new fabrication and assembly
facilities; problems or delays that we may face in shifting our products to
smaller geometry process technologies and in achieving higher levels of design
integration; the risks and uncertainties associated with our international
operations; our ability to retain and hire key executives, technical personnel
and other employees in the numbers, with the capabilities, and at the
compensation levels needed to implement our business and product plans; 
changes
in our product or customer mix; the quality of our products and any 
remediation
costs; the effects of natural disasters and other events beyond our control; 
the
level of orders received that can be shipped in a fiscal quarter; general
economic conditions and specific conditions in the markets we address; and 
other
factors.

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current
Reports on Forms 8-K and 8-K/A, and other Securities and Exchange Commission
filings discuss some of the important risk factors that may affect our 
business,
results of operations and financial condition. We undertake no obligation to
revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.

Note to Editors: Broadcom(R), Smart-Load-Balancing and the pulse logo are
trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States
and certain other countries.


CONTACT:          Broadcom Corporation, Irvine
Laura Brandlin, (Trade Press), 949/585-5108
lbrandlin@broadcom.com
or
Greg Young, (Technical Contact), 949/585-6858
gyoung@broadcom.com
or
Bill Blanning or Eileen Algaze, (Business Press)
949/585-5555 or 949/585-5971
blanning@broadcom.com
ealgaze@broadcom.com

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