Broadcom is a leader in the innovation of green technology with long-standing eco computing initiatives-including design processes, products and industry and government participation-that enable our customers to leverage high-performance, highly functional products that significantly reduce power consumption.
Broadcom Leverages Most Advanced Design Processes
Broadcom and its foundry partners are leveraging 40 nm process technology-one of today's most advanced lithographic nodes for manufacturing semiconductors-to enable devices with higher levels of integration, lower power consumption, smaller size and higher performance.
Industry's Broadest Portfolio of Energy Efficient Ethernet Solutions
Broadcom's green solutions deliver high-performance and functionality with a significantly smaller carbon footprint:
Active Leadership Role in Green IT Organizations
Broadcom and its employees are members and stakeholders in numerous organizations focused on green IT and network technologies. Industry groups in which Broadcom engineers have taken leadership roles in defining and setting government environmental compliance regulations and energy-saving technical standards include:
- Climate Savers Computing Initiative
- Energy Star - Networking-related specifications for computers, game consoles, servers, storage, small network equipment, large network equipment and set-top boxes.
- European Union Code of Conduct - Committee for Energy Efficiency of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sector
- The Green Grid
- GreenTouch
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) - IEEE's Working Groups are actively developing emerging technologies focused on green ICT (e.g. IEEE Std 802.3az-2011 and P1904.1)
A Greener Connected Home
Broadcom's set-top box technology features integrated dynamic power management capable of managing and shutting down unused system components in real-time for a reduction in overall power requirements in the home. Even in the lowest power modes, Broadcom's set-top box technology can continue to remain aware of network events both in the home and from broadband servers, enabling these Broadcom-based devices to quickly respond to network and user inputs. Additionally, deep sleep modes keep only a small amount of power active to significantly minimize passive standby power consumption.
Broadcom's set-top box technology supports key home networking devices to enable a whole-home connected entertainment environment in the home. By coupling a central video media server set-top box with low power compact client set-top boxes throughout the home, consumers will benefit with reduced energy usage and power savings while also enjoying in-home media distribution services like multi-room DVR.
Industry Recognition
Broadcom received the 2010 Best Electronic Design Award from Electronic Design Magazine for the Communications Wired category
