Broadcom today introduced the first dual-band Wi-Fi audio chip into its Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) portfolio. Broadcom's BCM43907 SoC inegrates all needed functionality onto a single device. As the first audio SoC to implement dual-band Wi-Fi, Broadcom's BCM43907 reduces interference and delivers a cleaner overall sound to wireless streaming devices such as portable speakers, 5.1 multi-speaker systems, sound bars and media players.

In addition, advanced radio frequency (RF) and timing synchronization enables the same content to be streamed over multiple speakers in different rooms in the home with no echo or lag time.

The Broadcom BCM43907 offers pre-integrated Apple Airplay support with direct access to Broadcom's WICED Audio software development kit (SDK).

Key Features of the WICED Audio SoC:

• Dual-band Wi-Fi audio SoC
• Offers support for Apple AirPlay to enable media streaming from iOS devices
• Extends 802.11n Wi-Fi connectivity to audio speakers
• Integrates WICED Audio SDK for a variety of HD audio applications
• Delivers low-power 1x1 802.11n WLAN SoC to OEMs
• Includes on-chip 320MHz ARM Cortex-R4 applications CPU for audio speaker market
• caches, along with 2MB of TCM RAM
• Offers DDR3L memory and Q-SPI Serial flash interfaces for applications and streaming content buffering

The Broadcom WICED Audio SoC is now sampling.