Broadcom has announced the BCM67142 and BCM67192 WiFi 8 (802.11bn) chips for low-cost residential access points and the BCM68565 PON Gateway SoC with 10 Gbps Fiber support to enable complete broadband access points.
This follows the launch of Broadcom’s flagship residential (BCM6718) and enterprise (BCM43840/BCM43820) platforms last year, with the new chips targeting value-focused residential Wi-Fi 8 and 10G PON gateway solutions.
BCM67142/BCM67192 specifications:
- Wi-Fi Standards
- IEEE 802.11bn (Wi-Fi 8) compliant
- IEEE 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7) compliant
- IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
- Spatial Streams
- BCM67142 – Dual-Radio: 3×3 (2.4 GHz) + 4×4 (5 GHz). Total 7 streams
- BCM67192 – Dual-Radio: 4×4 (2.4 GHz) + 4×4 (5 GHz). Total 8 streams
- Spectral Bands – 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz
- Channel Bandwidths – 20/40 MHz (2.4 GHz), 20/40/80/160 MHz (5 GHz)
- Highest Modulation Rate – 4096-QAM (for UHR/Wi-Fi 8 operation)
- Multi-Link Operation (MLO) supported on all bands
- OFDMA and MU-MIMO – Supported in both uplink and downlink directions
- Wireless Security
- WPA, WPA2, WPA3 (with 192-bit Suite B encryption)
- AES encryption/decryption
- TKIP and IEEE 802.1X support
- Host interface – PCIe Gen3 x2
- Temperature Range – 0°C to 70°C (commercial temperature)
Broadcom BCM68565 specifications:
- CPU – Multicore Armv8 processor delivering up to 10K DMIPS
- 6th-generation dual-issue runner packet processor (DI-XRDP)
- Offload of both wired and wireless data paths
- Memory – DDR4, LPDDR4, DDR5, and LPDDR5 support
- Storage – Flexible flash memory support (eMMC)
- Networking
- Integrated 10 Gbps Fiber WAN interface supporting XGSPON, GPON, and Active Ethernet modes
- 1x 10 Gbps Energy Efficient Ethernet PHY up to 10Gbps
- 4x Gigabit Energy Efficient Ethernet PHYs
- Multi-lane PCIe Gen3 controllers for WiFi 8 controller connection
- Single USB 3.0 port
- Security – Dedicated security processor (SMC) for secure boot and enhanced encryption support
The SoC supports open source middleware such as RDK and prplWare. It’s designed to be used with the BCM67142 or BCM67192 WiFi 8 chips for Residential Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) access points, multi-gigabit fiber CPEs, and 10G PON Wi-Fi Ethernet gateways.
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