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Broadcom Receives 500,000 Unit Production Order from Scientific-Atlanta

Strategic Insights

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Broadcom Corporation and Scientific-Atlanta have entered into a strategic agreement to develop and supply next-generation digital communication integrated circuits for Scientific-Atlanta's advanced interactive digital set-top terminals. This agreement marks a significant milestone in their long-standing partnership, which began with the Time Warner Full Service Network in Orlando, Florida in 1994. As part of the agreement, Scientific-Atlanta has committed to purchasing a substantial portion of its integrated circuit requirements from Broadcom for its digital cable set-top terminal subscriber products, with a minimum of 500,000 ICs to be delivered in 1999.

Key Takeaways:

  • Broadcom will supply Scientific-Atlanta with integrated circuits for its digital cable set-top terminal subscriber products, with a minimum of 500,000 ICs to be delivered in 1999.
  • The agreement is part of a long-standing partnership between Broadcom and Scientific-Atlanta, which began with the Time Warner Full Service Network in Orlando, Florida in 1994.
  • Scientific-Atlanta has selected Broadcom as the key strategic supplier for the integration of all critical communication functions in the Explorer 2000 digital set-top box.
  • Broadcom has designed a 64/256-QAM demodulator integrated circuit and is shipping it for the Explorer 2000 set-top box.
  • The Explorer 2000 set-top box has high-throughput, two-way communications and sufficient processing power, memory, and graphics to enable two-way, interactive applications for consumers, including Internet access, video-on-demand, E-commerce, and IP-based applications.
  • The agreement calls for Broadcom to integrate all critical communication functions, including the 64/256-QAM downstream receiver, QPSK control channel receiver, and QPSK/16-QAM upstream transmitter, as well as the analog front-end, including 10-bit A/D and D/A converters, into a single VLSI device.

Statistics:

  • 500,000: The minimum number of ICs to be delivered by Broadcom to Scientific-Atlanta in 1999.
  • 1994: The year the partnership between Broadcom and Scientific-Atlanta began with the Time Warner Full Service Network in Orlando, Florida.
  • 1998: The year Broadcom received the 500,000 unit production order from Scientific-Atlanta.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, September 30, 1998.
  • Broadcom Corporation, _Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated April 16, 1998._
  • Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., _http://www.sciatl.com._
  • Broadcom Corporation, _http://www.broadcom.com._
  • Safe Harbor Statement, Broadcom Corporation, _Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995._

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