Industry's First Integrated MoCA® 2.0 System-on-a-Chip Portfolio
At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, Broadcom introduced the industry's first MoCA 2.0-Integrated Portfolio including six new set-top box (STB) and Hybrid IP Gateway system on a chip (SoC) platforms. By integrating MoCA 2.0 directly in the STB SoC Broadcom's new comprehensive portfolio of HD STB and Hybrid IP Gateway solutions realize the benefits of MoCA 2.0 including double the video bandwidth, increased security and lower power.
Finalized in April 2012, set-top box and gateway device manufacturers are required to interoperate with the Broadcom MoCA Reference Design in order to obtain MoCA Certification.
Nowadays, consumers have multiple screens under one roof, such as a PC and monitor, a laptop, a tablet, a smartphone and at least a couple of TVs. In the past, if you wanted to watch every minute of a broadcast, your options were limited to only one of these devices, the TV.
For consumers, Broadcom's suite of MoCA 2.0-supported chips translates to a true TV, Video and Internet Everywhere experience. Coupled with complementary home networking technologies, home entertainment is going beyond the TV to stream broadcast content to tablets, laptops and smartphones-anywhere in the home.
Broadcom's BCM7425 Dual HD Transcoding MoCA 2.0 Gateway SoC features dual HD decoding and dual transcoding support for streaming simultaneous video broadcast content wirelessly to multiple devices, paving the way for advanced services like video conferencing and faster channel change with Broadcom's FastRTV® technology.
MoCA 2.0 Highlights
- MoCA 2.0 more than doubles available home network bandwidth and enhances video quality and distribution in the home.
- Enables more energy efficient systems with advanced power management technology for low power sleep and Wake-on-Lan (WOL) modes.
- Supports higher levels of security for enhanced content protection. Read the press release.
Benefits of MoCA 2.0:
- MoCA 2.0 redefines the standard for video distribution in the home by providing more than double the throughput performance and capacity compared to MoCA 1.1; critical power management capabilities for new low power requirements; and enhanced security for additional content protection.
- MoCA 2.0 supports an improved packet error rate, enabling higher quality of service levels for operators.
- MoCA 2.0 enables the effective use of higher numbers of tuner/demods being integrated into next generation STB and gateway devices.
- MoCA 2.0 provides complete interoperability with MoCA 1.0 and 1.1 while also providing full performance with MoCA 2.0 nodes.
MoCA 2.0 Portfolio
Broadcom's 40nm MoCA 2.0-integrated STB and Gateway platforms are powered by its high performance dual-thread Zephyr (MIPS®-based) CPU that delivers 3000 DMIPS with industry-leading processor capability. Designs include the following:
TV Everywhere
The world's North American Pay-TV operators are teaming up with connectivity experts like Broadcom to ensure that your guests are free to roam without missing a minute of the action.
