September 26, 2012 – Broadcom, a global wired and wireless semiconductor company, today announced a family of Gigabit single PHY products that deliver industry-leading features with AutoGrEEEn Plus technology. Optimized for power-intensive Ethernet network applications, the BCM54210E PHY family is a single Gigabit PHY with the world's smallest footprint and lowest power consumption, saving up to 70% of operating power.

AutoGrEEEn Plus is Broadcom's latest green technology innovation that enables energy savings across the network by automatically reducing device power consumption when there is no active data transmission. This technology can be activated when a device is in Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) mode, not only with EEE devices but also when connected to non-EEE devices. Furthermore, it can reduce operating power by as much as 95% in idle state, when two-thirds of energy costs are incurred.

The BCM54210E 10/100/1000BASE-T PHY family provides timing synchronization capabilities at the physical layer with integrated SyncE+, enabling operators to provide more efficient and reliable connectivity.

Broadcom Energy-Efficient Networking Solutions

Broadcom’s Energy Efficient Networking (EEN) solutions enable all types of network devices to consume low power, thereby reducing energy costs and overall operating costs for IT organizations. This solution includes switch silicon to increase the supply of enterprise and metro-class switches, single, dual, quad, and octa Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) PHYs, dual and quad 10GbE PHYs, 10/100 and 1GbE controllers, and 10GbE integrated network interface controllers (C-NICs).

Key Features of the BCM54210E PHY Product Family

• Complies with 1000BASE-T and 100BASE-TX EEE as defined in the IEEE 802.3™-2012 standard.
• Broadcom AutoGrEEEn Plus technology enables EEE power saving for non-EEE devices and MACs.
• Integrated WOL (Wake On LAN) reduces system power consumption while enabling remote system activation.
• Provides support for SyncE+, SyncE, IEEE 1588v2 PTP, and ITU-T Y.1731 latency measurement.
• The cable plant diagnostic function for detecting cable plant damage has been enhanced.

All devices are currently being supplied as samples and are scheduled to be released in the first half of 2013. The BCM54210E single-port Gigabit PHY family includes the following devices.

• BCM54210E: Single-port RGMII 10/100/1000BASE-T PHY
• BCM54214E: Singleport RGMII 10/100/1000BASE-T PHY w/SyncE+ & IEEE 1588v2 PTP
• BCM54216E: Single-port GMII 10/100/1000BASE-T PHY
• BCM54219E: Single-port GMII 10/100/1000BASE-T PHY with SyncE+ & IEEE 1588v2 PTP

Kevin Brown, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom’s PHY Business Unit, stated, “Energy-efficient networking is a cost-effective and reliable way to reduce power consumption and meet the demands of mobile and consumer applications.” He added, “By integrating EEE technology and Wake On LAN (WOL) capabilities into the PHY, Broadcom is providing innovations that significantly reduce power consumption and accelerate time-to-market.”