Broadcom Boosts NAS With New SoCs

Broadcom Corporation announced a line of high-performance processors for wired and wireless NAS devices and routers.

The StrataGX BCM5862X Series offers a 10x increase in performance with ARM-based FlexSPARX, while integrating enhanced security and storage features to support personal cloud services. The offering also delivers Gigabit connectivity speeds on wired and wireless connections with support for 5G WiFi, based on the IEEE 802.11ac standard.

Broadcom will preview the technology at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan on June 4-8, 2013.

With the latest consumer and SMB NAS devices supporting personal cloud services such as remote access of files or media content, the StrataGX Series delivers secure anytime, anywhere access via a line-rate encrypted connection. More users are connecting to the cloud with high-bandwidth devices, with Gartner predicting that by 2016, more than a third of consumers’ digital content will be stored in the cloud. Broadcom’s StrataGX devices deliver secure and faster connections to the cloud via a wired or wireless network to allow the rapid flow of multimedia information.

"Our latest StrataGX portfolio expansion integrates innovative FlexSPARX engine along with dual SATA interfaces to address the unique requirements of NAS devices," said Ed Redmond, Broadcom VP and GM, compute and connectivity. "With our industry-proven StrataGX SoCs, our customers can offer secure, advanced cloud services and enable anytime, anywhere access to files and digital media."

StrataGX BCM5862X Series delivers following benefits:

High-bandwidth storage interfaces include SATA and USB 3.0 for local caching of cloud data
Dual core ARM Cortex-A9 processors operate at 1.2GHz as compared to previous generation StrataGX devices
Integrated GbE switch and PHYs enable support of high-bandwidth applications
Linux Development Kit (LDK), reference designs and standard open source software tools reduce engineering development and time-to-market
Pin compatibility with previous generations leverages customers’ existing investments

The BCM5862X Series is now sampling with volume production slated for 4Q 2013.