Irvine, California-based Broadcom said its BCM4325 uses proprietary InConcert algorithms to solve interference issues between Bluetooth and WiFi, which both operating in the 2.4GHz range. In the past, having multiple radios in the same band led to interference, said the company.
But its new CMOS-based system-on-a-chip, which was manufactured using 65-nanometer processes, solves this problem. It supports Bluetooth 2.0 and has 802.11a/b/g integration.
And FM radio was quickly becoming an important application in mobile handsets because users increasingly demand news, sports and entertainment updates, according to Broadcom.
The company claims that the chip would achieve as much as 40% lower active and idle power consumption, while at the same time creating as much as 50% free space on the chip.
Integrating multiple wireless technologies onto a single chip is a landmark achievement that will be welcomed by mobile device manufacturers due to the inherent cost, space and power savings it will enable, said Stuart Carlaw, a wireless analyst at ABI Research, in a statement.
