ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)], and Broadcom Corporation(Nasdaq: BRCM), a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions enabling broadband communications, announced a broad agreement to partner in the development of ARM庐 technology-based products optimized for a wide range of communications applications.
The partnership will enable Broadcom to use ARM technology to further accelerate its leadership position in a number of markets, including next-generation mobile, networking, and wireless devices. The two companies also expect that through the extended partnership, Broadcom鈥檚 expertise in broadband and wireless communications will assist ARM in developing better microprocessor solutions for these high-growth markets.
The new agreement includes the ARM7TM, ARM9TM and ARM11TM families of microprocessors and supporting technology, including TrustZone鈩� technology for data security, Jazelle庐 technology for Java庐 acceleration, and hardware support for the ARM Intelligent Energy Manager solution.
Since the companies鈥� original agreement in February 2002, Broadcom has incorporated ARM7 and ARM9 family microprocessors into its communications chip sets that require very low power yet high performance, including Broadcom脪 GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and Bluetooth鈩� products. Currently available end products powered by these chips include the Treo鈩� 600 from palmOne鈩�, Sony Ericsson鈥檚 tri-band GC-75/GC-82 GPRS PC card modem, and multimedia GSM/GPRS handsets from Ningbo Bird, China鈥檚 largest supplier of cellular phones nationally and abroad.
鈥淲e believe that Broadcom can impact the industry in a number of important ways by adding ARM鈥檚 most advanced technologies to the portfolio of microprocessor architectures employed in our communications products,鈥� said Alan E. Ross, president and CEO of Broadcom. 鈥淐ombining our expertise in communications semiconductors with ARM鈥檚 high performance microprocessor subsystems enhances Broadcom鈥檚 leadership in embedded systems markets.鈥�
鈥淎s a leader in digital consumer, wireless and networking communications products, Broadcom is strategically aligned with ARM鈥檚 target markets,鈥� said Warren East, CEO of ARM. 鈥淭here is extensive synergy between Broadcom鈥檚 portfolio and the ARM technologies covered under the agreement, and ARM will certainly benefit from a focused collaboration on future generations of processors optimized for these markets.鈥�
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