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Major PC and Motherboard Manufacturers Including Fujitsu, ECS, Foxconn, Gigabyte, MSI, Quanta, Shuttle and Uniwill, Incorporate Broadcom's New NetLink GbE Controller
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Computex 2005, May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in wired and wireless broadband communications semiconductors, today announced its second generation of NetLink(TM) Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) controllers based on the PCI Express(R) bus architecture that have been designed specifically for consumer and small-to-medium sized business (SMB) personal computers. With this announcement, the NetLink controller family now supports PCI and PCI Express while achieving a price-performance ratio that is unmatched in the industry. As a result, leading OEMs and ODMs have collaborated closely with Broadcom to drive PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet network performance to consumer and SMB PC applications.
Through Broadcom's collaboration with strategic partners, the new PCI Express-based NetLink controller has received widespread market acceptance. OEM and ODM designs utilizing this new technology include DESKPOWER PCs from Fujitsu, and motherboards from ECS, Gigabyte, Foxconn, MSI, Quanta, Shuttle and Uniwill.
Packed with enterprise features and performance, the new single-chip NetLink controller enables extremely low power consumption (required for today's consumer and SMB markets) and unmatched reliability and product stability. Based on seven generations of field-proven Broadcom media access controller (MAC) technology, the new PCI Express GbE controller will be available in retail PCs and from major notebook and desktop motherboard manufacturers in time for the 2005 holiday shopping season.
Announced today is the Broadcom(R) NetLink...
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