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Wireless chipsets

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Chip	Radio chip	Interface	PHY modes	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Devices	ESystems	PR	pdf
BCM4301	BCM2051	PCI/CB	b	2002-08-23	WLAN baseband processor and MAC functionality	11 devices	8 devices	here	ref. design
BCM4307	BCM2051	PCI/CB	b	2002-06-14	V.92 modem and 10/100 Ethernet capability in chip	4 devices	0 devices	here	here

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Chip	Additional chips	Interface	PHY modes	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Devices	ESystems	PR/Page	pdf
BCM4306	BCM2050	PCI/CB/PCMCIA/...	bg	2002-12-12		86 devices	57 devices	here	ref. design
BCM4309	BCM2050 + BCM2060	PCI/CB	abg	2003-03-14	BCM2050 may be omitted for 802.11a only use	6 devices	2 devices	here
BCM4311	BCM2050	PCIe	bg	2005-07-22		7 devices	0 devices	here
BCM4311	BCM2050 + BCM2060	PCIe	abg	2005-08-03		4 devices	0 devices	here	ref. design
BCM4312	n/a	PCIe	bg	2007-07-28	Transceiver for SDIO and PCI Express	14 devices	5 devices	here	here
BCM4318	n/a	PCI/CB	bg	2004-12-09	Single-chip 802.11b/g, MAC and Radio	42 devices	58 devices	here	ref. design
BCM4318E	n/a	PCI/CB/...	bg	2004-12-09	Transceiver with BroadRange Technology	16 devices	13 devices	here
BCM4318E	BCM2060	PCI/CB/...	abg	2005-03-08	Transceiver with BroadRange Technology	7 devices	0 devices	here	ref. design
BCM4333	BCM4306 + BCM2050	USB 2.0	bg	2002-12-16	bridge chip, RNDIS mode	2 devices	0 devices	here
BCM4712	BCM2050	USB 2.0	bg	2003-11-24	router WiSoC, RNDIS mode	3 devices		here
BCM4320	BCM2050	USB 2.0	bg	2005-01-05	Single-Chip 802.11g USB 2.0 Transceiver	14 devices	0 devices	here
BCM4326U	n/a	USB 2.0	bg	2006-11-13	Low-Power 802.11b/g Transceiver	9 devices	0 devices	here	here
BCM4325	n/a	SDIO	abg / bg	2010-10-07	Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and FM	0 devices	1 devices	here
BCM4328	n/a	SDIO	abg		Low-Power 802.11a/b/g Transceiver	0 devices	0 devices	here	here

(a)bgn

Chip	Radio chip	Interface	PHY modes	MIMO status	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Devices	ESystems	PR/Page
BCM4313	n/a	PCIe	bgn	1x1:1	2009-10-01		10 devices	8 devices
BCM4321	BCM2055	PCI/CB/PCIe	bgn	2x2:2	2006-04-12	abgn / bgn depending on implementation	13 devices	18 devices
BCM4321	BCM2055	PCI/CB/PCIe	abgn	2x2:2	2006-06-14	abgn / bgn depending on implementation	11 devices	3 devices
BCM4322	n/a	PCIe	abgn	2x2:2	2008-02-12	abgn / bgn depending on implementation, also PCI?	13 devices	11 devices	here
BCM43222	n/a	unk.	abgn	2x2:2	2009-11-16	abgn / bgn depending on implementation	4 devices	11 devices
BCM43224	n/a	PCIe	abgn	2x2:2	2009-04-02		9 devices	10 devices	here
BCM43225	n/a	PCIe	bgn	2x2:2	2009-03-25		10 devices	11 devices
BCM43227	n/a	PCIe	bgn	2x2:2	2010-11-10		2 devices	2 devices
BCM43228	n/a	PCIe	abgn	2x2:2	2010-12-17		6 devices	5 devices
BCM4323	n/a	USB 2.0	abgn	2x2:2	2009-04-10	probably BCM4322 renamed for USB 2.0 usage	23 devices	0 devices	here
BCM43231	n/a	USB 2.0	bgn	2x2:2	2008-09-02	BCM4322 renamed for USB 2.0 usage [1]	10 devices	4 devices
BCM43234	n/a	USB 2.0	bgn	1x1:1	2011-03-29		2 devices	1 devices
BCM43235	n/a	USB 2.0	bgn	2x2:2	2011-04-28		4 devices	1 devices	family
BCM43236	n/a	USB 2.0	abgn	2x2:2	2010-11-17	there may be multiple revisions of this chip with different driver models	12 devices	18 devices	family
BCM43236B	n/a	USB 2.0	abgn	2x2:2	2012-06-06	may be a r3 BCM43236	2 devices	5 devices
BCM43238	n/a	USB 2.0	bgn	2x2:2			0 devices	0 devices	family
BCM4331	n/a	PCIe	abgn	3x3:3	2010-10-20		7 devices	22 devices	here
BCM43142	n/a	PCIe + USB (BT)	bgn	1x1:1	2011-11-09	Wi-Fi Direct support, BT4.0+HS	2 devices	0 devices	here
BCM43217	n/a	PCIe	bgn	2x2:2	2012-06-28		2 devices	8 devices
BCM43431	n/a	PCIe	abgn	3x3:3	2012-07-06		0 devices	2 devices

SDIO/Other

Chip	Interface	PHY modes	MIMO status	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Devices	ESystems	PR/Page
BCM4319	USB 2.0/...	abgn / bgn	unk.	2004-12-09	abgn / bgn depending on implementation?, BT2.1+EDR, FM radio rec.	2 devices	1 devices	here
BCM4329	SDIO	abgn / bgn	1x1:1?		abgn / bgn depending on implementation, BT2.1+EDR, FM radio rec.	0 devices	0 devices	here
BCM4330	SDIO	abgn / bgn	1x1:1	2012-01-12	abgn / bgn depending on implementation, BT4.0+HS, FM radio rec.	3 devices	0 devices	here
BCM4334	SDIO	abgn	1x1:1	2013-01-29	BT4.0+HS, FM radio rec.	1 devices	1 devices	here
BCM4336	SDIO, prob.	bgn	1x1:1	2011-06-29	used in Roku LT / Roku 2 players	1 devices	1 devices
BCM43362	SDIO	bgn	1x1:1	2011-03-07	used in Roku 2500X	5 devices	0 devices

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Chip	Interface	PHY modes	MIMO status	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Devices	ESystems	PR/Page
BCM43516	USB 2.0	ac+abgn	1x1:1 (433Mbps)			0 devices	0 devices	PR here
BCM4352	PCIe	ac+abgn	2x2:2 (867Mbps)			3 devices	7 devices	PR here
BCM43526	USB 2.0	ac+abgn	2x2:2 (867Mbps)	2012-08-20		6 devices	0 devices	PR here
BCM4360	PCIe	ac+abgn	3x3:3 (1.3Gbps)	2012-04-20		3 devices	17 devices	PR here
BCM43460	PCIe	ac+abgn	3x3:3 (1.3Gbps)	2013-04-18	enterprise targeted	0 devices	2 devices	here
BCM4335	SDIO 3.0 / PCIe / HSIC	ac+abgn	1x1:1 (433Mbps)		Bluetooth 4.0 + HS and FM	0 devices	0 devices	PR here

SoC

WiSoC

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Chip	Radio chip	Arch.	Clock speed	PHY modes	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Devices	PR/Page	pdf
BCM4712	BCM2050	MIPS32	200MHz	bg	2003-11-24		41 devices	Page	ref. design
BCM5350	BCM2050	MIPS32	200MHz	bg	2004-07-21	integrated FE switch	13 devices	PR
BCM5352	BCM2050	MIPS32	200MHz	bg	2005-03-29	integrated FE switch	6 devices
BCM5352E	BCM2050	MIPS32	200MHz	bg	2005-05-17	integrated FE switch	14 devices
BCM5354	n/a	MIPS32	240MHz	bg	2007-01-09	integrated FE switch	39 devices	PR Page
BCM5355	n/a			bg	2009-09-17	integrated FE switch, prob. non-HT BCM5356	1 devices

(a)bgn

Chip	Arch.	Clock speed	PHY modes	MIMO status	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Devices	PR/Page
BCM5356	MIPS 74K	300MHz	bgn	1x1:1	2009-07-03	integrated FE switch	15 devices	1, 2
BCM5356U	MIPS 74K	300(480*)MHz	bgn	1x1:1	2011-07-19	integrated FE switch, USB	3 devices	here
BCM5357	MIPS 74K	300MHz	bgn	2x2:2	2010-05-18	integrated FE switch, USB 2.0 IF	22 devices	here
BCM5358	MIPS 74K	500MHz	bgn	2x2:2	2012-01-19	integrated FE switch, USB 2.0 IF, VoIP	5 devices	here
BCM5358U	MIPS 74K	500MHz	bgn	2x2:2	2011-01-28	integrated FE switch, USB 2.0 IF, PCIe IF	19 devices	here
BCM4716	MIPS 74K	300MHz	bgn	2x2:2	2008-12-30	block diagram	8 devices	here
BCM4717	MIPS 74K	354MHz	abgn	2x2:2	2008-12-30	1x USB 2.0?, block diagram	8 devices	here
BCM4717V	MIPS 74K	354MHz [2]	abgn	2x2:2	2011-02-18		1 devices	here
BCM4718	MIPS 74KTM	480 [3] / 533MHz [4]	bgn	2x2:2	2009-01-23	PCIe IF, 2xUSB2.0, block diagram cpu	26 devices	here
BCM47186	MIPS 74K	480MHz [5]	bgn	2x2:2	2011-03-31	PCIe IF	5 devices	here
BCM4748	MIPS 74K	533MHz	abgn	2x2:2	2010-10-01	product brief	4 devices	here

General Purpose SoC

Chip	Arch.	Clock speed	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Devices	PR/Page	pdf
BCM4702	MIPS32	125MHz	2002-04-30	2x PCI IF	40 devices	here	ref. design
BCM4780P	MIPS32	300MHz		PCI IF	1 devices		here
BCM5836P	MIPS32	264MHz	2007-03-29	with PCI & VPN / IPSec (AES/3DES)	1 devices	here	PB PG DS
BCM4703	MIPS32	266MHz	2007-11-30	2x PCI IF?, 2x FE MAC, ident. as BCM4704	3 devices	here
BCM4704	MIPS32	266MHz/300MHz	2005-01-12	2x PCI IF, 2x FE MAC	19 devices	here
BCM4705	MIPS32	300MHz	2006-09-29	2x PCI IF, int. GbE MAC, USB 2.0	3 devices	here
BCM4706	MIPS32 74K	600MHz	2011-07-29	2x PCIe IF, int. GbE MAC, USB 2.0 IF, Ser./Par./NAND flash support	16 devices	here
BCM4708 / BCM47081	ARM Cortex A9 (dual-core)	1GHz (per core) (prob.)	2012-12-28	2x PCIe IF, int. GbE SW + 5x GbE PHYs, USB 3.0 IF (prob.), Ser./Par./NAND flash support , BCM47081 presumed to be quite similar to BCM4708 [perhaps single-core only?]	12 devices	here (4707/8/9)

Cable Modem SoC

Chip	Arch.	Clock speed	DOCSIS	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Devices	PR / PPage	pdf
BCM3345	MIPS32	140MHz	1.1		FE MAC+PHY, USB 1.1 slave	1 devices		here
BCM3350	MIPS32	100MHz	1.1	2002-10-18	FE MAC+PHY, USB 1.1 slave	3 devices		here
BCM3360	MIPS32	140MHz	1.1	2002-11-07	FE MAC+PHY, USB 1.1 slave	8 devices		here
BCM3348	MIPS32	200MHz	2.0	2003-07-15	FE MAC+PHY, USB slave	7 devices		here
BCM3349	MIPS32	200MHz	2.0	2005-03-18	FE MAC+PHY, USB 1.1 slave	5 devices	here	here
BCM3361	MIPS32		2.0	2004-12-09	PCI IF	5 devices
BCM3368	MIPS32	300MHz	2.0	2006-08-29	PCI IF, USB slave	5 devices
BCM3371	MIPS32		2.0	2011-03-14		1 devices
BCM3379	MIPS32 (VIPER core)	320MHz	2.0	2011-08-16	PCIe IF	2 devices	here
BCM3380	MIPS32 (VIPER core)		3.0	2009-11-20	PCIe IF	3 devices	here
BCM3381			2.0			0 devices	here
BCM3382			3.0	2013-02-12		1 devices	here
BCM3383		500MHz	3.0	2012-07-13	unk.	3 devices	here

ADSL/VDSL SoC

Chip	Arch.	Clock speed	Max. capability	First seen (FCC)	Notes	Devices	PR / PPage	pdf
BCM6345	MIPS32		ADSL	2003-12-15	FE MAC+PHY, USB 1.12+	3 devices		here
BCM6348	MIPS32		ADSL2+	2004-11-06	2x FE MAC (1 PHY), USB 1.1, PCI, PCMCIA	39 devices	here	1, 2
BCM6358	MIPS32 (VIPER core)		ADSL2+	2005-11-02	2x FE MAC+PHY, 2x USB 2.0 IF	24 devices	here
BCM6332	MIPS32	240MHz	ADSL2+	2010-09-07		5 devices
BCM6333	MIPS32		ADSL2+	2009-07-24	PCI IF?	5 devices
BCM6338	MIPS32	240MHz	ADSL2+	2008-02-25	PCI IF	4 devices	here	here
BCM63281	MIPS32		ADSL2+	2011-05-20	PCIe IF, integrated FE switch	14 devices
BCM6361	MIPS32	400MHz (DC)	ADSL2+	2010-12-17	2x2 802.11n, GbE switch core, 4x FE PHY, USB 2.0 host/device IF (BCM6362 without DECT, prob.)	10 devices
BCM6362	MIPS32	400MHz (DC)	ADSL2+	2011-04-22	2x2 802.11n, DECT, GbE switch core, 4x FE PHY, USB 2.0 host/device IF, easily confused with BCM6361 (some/all devices tagged as using BCM6362 may instead use BCM6361)	2 devices	here
BCM6368	MIPS32 (VIPER cores)		VDSL2 / ADSL2+	2010-11-26	Multi-core, USB 2.0 host + slave, GbE switch core, 4x FE PHY	8 devices	here

PLC

Chip	Companion chip	PHY rate (Powerline)	PHY rate (Coax)	Ethernet Link Speed
BCM60301	-	200 Mbps	-	-
BCM60321	-	200 Mbps	-	-