Broadcom Unveils 50G-PON Home Gateway Chip With NPU and Wi-Fi 8, Completing 3-Chip Platform
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Updated · dongknows.com · May 26
Broadcom Unveils 50G-PON Home Gateway Chip With NPU and Wi-Fi 8, Completing 3-Chip Platform
1 articles · Updated · dongknows.com · May 26
Summary
Broadcom said its new BCM68850 is the first 50G-PON customer-premises gateway SoC with an integrated neural processing unit and native Wi-Fi 8 support, aimed at bringing 50Gbps broadband into homes.
50Gbps throughput is the core pitch: Broadcom says the chip can handle AI-driven traffic bursts with lower latency, cutting 2 MB transmission time to 320 microseconds from 1,600 on 10G-PON and more than 13,000 on G-PON.
The SoC also adds a dedicated application CPU, self-healing network features and post-quantum cryptography, which Broadcom says can help operators reduce operating costs while improving service reliability and privacy.
BCM68850 follows Broadcom's late-2024 launches of the BCM55050 ONT and BCM68660 OLT, completing its end-to-end 50G-PON lineup.
Broadcom is already sampling the gateway and ONT chips to early-access customers, with 50Gbps-capable consumer hardware expected in late 2027 or early 2028 alongside first-wave Wi-Fi 8 devices.