Broadcom intros new VoIP chipset

This morning Broadcom rolled out a new VoIP chip set for use in the next wave of IP phones and media phones. The Persona IP Communications platform, which includes HD audio codecs, comes just in time to support the new wave of media phones hitting the consumer and enterprise markets.

Persona is ready for OEMs to build IP phones and multimedia devices with low power consumption, tight security, and Gigabit Ethernet capability for the enterprise. The family includes two chips (BCM11107 and BCM11109) to support Gigabit applications and another one for what the company terms "value-line" and low-end enterprise SMB, and SOHO apps.

Each Persona device includes either a Gigabit or Fast Ethernet switch with packet filtering capabilities to support high-speed networks, the aforementioned super-wideband capable audio codecs, and applications and DSP processors to support Broadcom's PhonexChange IP phone software suite.

According to Broadcom, the Persona platform needs 30 percent less power than competing solutions and also is more green because it uses packaging material free of lead and "certain other toxins."

For more:
- Broadcom press release [1].