Broadcom Enables Mobile Device Content to Escape the Tiny Screen with Wi-Fi Display

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
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Broadcom Wi-Fi Now Optimized to Stream HD Movies and Game Play from Smartphone, Tablet or Laptop Displays to Large Screen HDTVs

  • World’s most complete and robust Wi-Fi Display software connects mobile devices to TVs for real-time game play and high quality movie viewing on the big screen.
  • Broadcom’s Wi-Fi Display stack leveraging best-in-class 2.4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi is now compatible with 3rd party mobile, set-top box (STB), and DTV SoCs.
  • Mobile solution tightly integrated into Broadcom’s smartphone and tablet platforms delivering superior, ultra-low power performance.
  • STB solution integrated into Broadcom’s market-leading 40nm STB SoC line of products.

LAS VEGAS — 2012 International CES — Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today announced the world’s most complete and robust Wi-Fi Display software stack that allows users of smartphones, tablets and laptop computers to play games, video and thousands of apps on a larger HDTV screen by transmitting the mobile screen images over a wireless connection. Broadcom will be demonstrating its end-to-end solutions for both “source” and “sink” devices at the 2012 International CES.

Enabling the Phone to TV Revolution

With the increased availability of faster mobile networks, end users are using more bandwidth-intensive applications and consuming significantly more high definition video on their mobile devices. Wi-Fi Display couples Wi-Fi and H.264 video encoding technology to allow the consumer to seamlessly move the mobile user interface from a small screen to a bigger display while maintaining control via the touch screen. Since consumers demand real-time interaction with games, movies and apps, only the best implementations of Wi-Fi that are tightly integrated with high quality video codecs will result in a solid user experience.

Broadcom’s best-in-class Wi-Fi solutions for mobile and STB/TV have been engineered to minimize packet loss and mitigate interference while maximizing screen resolution and picture quality. In addition, as 5GHz Wi-Fi based on the 802.11ac standard enables wireless network bandwidth over 1 Gigabit per second, Wi-Fi Display will be able to seamlessly stream ultra-high definition content such as new 2K and 4K resolution digital media between devices.

Standards and Third Party Support

The Wi-Fi Display specification driven by the Wi-Fi Alliance is based on mature H.264 and 802.11 standards. Broadcom is fully supporting and contributing to the Wi-Fi Alliance process to achieve full interoperability among suppliers of “source” devices that send an encoded video signal and “sink” devices that can receive the encoded video signal. Broadcom is working with multiple third party partners as well as tightly integrating the technology into its own STB and mobile SoCs to ensure the highest quality end-to-end user experience.

Product Portfolio Key Facts

Wi-Fi Display Source Hardware / Software:

  • Broadcom tablet and smartphone reference platforms with BCM4330 1×1 dual band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth low energy (BLE) support
  • HDMI to Wi-Fi adapter reference platform:
    • BCM2763/BCM2835 VideoCore® IV encode engine with BCM43236B 2×2 dual band Wi-Fi
  • Linux reference code portable to major 3rd party application processors for use with qualified Broadcom® Wi-Fi chips

Wi-Fi Display Sink Hardware / Software:

  • Set-top-box reference design:
    • BCM7230 family STB SoC plus BCM43236B 2×2 dual-band Wi-Fi
  • HDMI Dongle reference design:
    • BCM2835 family VideoCore IV decode engine with BCM43236B 2×2 dual-band Wi-Fi
  • Linux reference code portable to major 3rd party application processors for use with qualified Broadcom Wi-Fi chips