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A Broadcom spokesperson says the codecs supported in the BCM63168 silicon release last week are G.722, AMR-WB, BroadVoice-32, and “linear WB.” Inclusion of AMR-WB is interesting, but it isn’t clear if Broadcom is simply supporting the codec or if it has licensed it for inclusion in the chipset. HD Voice News has asked [...] At Broadband World Forum this week, Broadcom announced an IAD SoC (System on a Chip) to integrate everything but the kitchen sink; including ADSL2+/VDSL2, channel bonding and G.vector with 802.1n, Ethernet switching, and “Multi-channel HD voice.” The Broadcom BCM63168 xDSL IAD SoC integrates 802.11n, Gigabit Ethernet Switching, DECT, VoIP, Packet and Quality of Service [...] Citing HD voice as the reason, silicon manufacturer Broadcom is now offering its BroadVoice family of voice codecs royalty-free, without any licensing fee, AND as open source software under a GNU license. Broadcom is releasing its wideband and narrowband BroadVoice codecs in both floating-point and fixed-point C code under GNU LGPL version 2.1. The [...] Broadcom latest broadband IAD (integrated access device) chip has integrated almost everything but the kitchen sink, including support for DECT CAT-iq and HD voice. No big surprise that the announcement comes during Broadband World Forum Europe 2009, since CAT-iq has been blessed by France Telecom for incorporation into all of its end-user handsets. The [...] Registration is now open for HD Comm ’09 and the schedule of speakers has been announced. The one-day event will highlight advances in HD Communications, with participating speakers from (in no particular order) BroadCom, GIPS, WYDEVoice, AudioCodes, SpiritDSP, Polycom, Uniden, ZipDX, DSPGroup, XConnect, Gigaset, Dialogic, Verizon and Time Warner. |
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