Broadcom which provides integrated semiconductor solutions that enable broadband communications has announced an advanced,
single-chip digital TV (DTV) receiver.

The company issued a release claiming that the product establishes a new standard of
performance for digital TV reception in both cable and local broadcast television environments. The Broadcom BCM3520's performance coupled with the integration of both analogue and digital functions and a plug-and-play feature, improves the reliability and reduces the cost of delivering digital television programming to consumers.

The release adds that the BCM3520 implements system architecture. This enables the receiver to reliably acquire, track and demodulate signals in the presence of interference and a wide range of varying multi-path channel conditions with
the presence of noise. Based on independent testing by Communications Research Centre (CRC) in Canada, the BCM3520 exceeds current levels of VSB performance for reliable signal reception.

The BCM3520 is compatible with both the North American digital terrestrial broadcast television standard, or the Advanced Television System Committee (ATSC) standard, and the
digital cable television standard. The receiver chip is capable of receiving all standard definition and high-definition digital formats and provides cable plug-and-play capability. The plug-and-play feature allows for the development of digital cable-ready televisions that can plug directly
into a cable system and receive analogue and most digital cable services without an external set-top box.