SOLO BCM7356

HD Satellite SoC with Ethernet MII and PHY Capabilities for Home Networking

The Broadcom BCM7356 is a single-chip, multi-format HD satellite STB solution featuring integrated Ethernet MII and PHY capabilities for connectivity with Broadcom's Wi-Fi and powerline solutions that enable service providers to deploy multi-room DVR while reducing cost and power requirements. The BCM7356 allows multiple users to store, time shift or access content from media servers or residential gateways for playback on STBs anywhere in the home, driving the transition to a more connected and interactive home network environment that also reduces the power, complexity and overall cost for the solution provider.

FEATURES:

  • Support for multiple worldwide formats including the DVB-S2, DVB-S and 8PSK standards, with backwards compatibility to the DVB-S standard
  • High performance and cost effective DDR3-based memory providing significant cost and energy savings over DDR2-based memory
  • 3D graphics engine for an advanced user interface
  • Dynamic power management controllers that provide a very power efficient ecosystem, capable of shutting down unused system components in real-time
  • Support for the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA®) Interoperability Guidelines to facilitate the easy sharing of digital content between DLNA-enabled devices, allowing a seamless experience for sharing and enjoying digital media and content services throughout the home
  • Support for the Multimedia Home Platform (MHP), the Adobe Flash® Platform for TV and the RVU Alliance's pixel accurate Remote User Interface (RUI) technology that allows an identical user experience on multiple devices
  • A broad array of time-to-market web-based connected home STB software applications environments including Adobe Flash® Platform for TV, Webkit HMTL 5.0, Java, Nokia's Qt Framework including QtWebkit, DLNA 1.5, and DirectFB application libraries
  • Unique HD FastRTV™ channel change acceleration technology that improves channel change speeds by up to 500 percent
  • Support for Energy Star® and European Code of Conduct compliant