Broadcom's Bluetooth chip family enables stereo headsets with voice recognition capabilities

BARCELONA, SPAIN: Broadcom Corp. has announced a new family of Bluetooth system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions targeting stereo headset products.

Combining the ability to enjoy streamed stereo music with traditional Bluetooth hands-free phone call capabilities, the new chip family also provides Broadcom's leading suite of built-in SmartAudio technology that delivers appealing features for multiple tiers of headsets. The Broadcom BCM2077x family includes three Bluetooth chips to enable entry-level, mainstream and high-end stereo headsets.

As the industry's first stereo Bluetooth SoC solutions designed in the 65 nanometer (nm) CMOS manufacturing process, the new BCM2077x family delivers these capabilities with the lowest power consumption available to ensure longer battery life, which is critical in stereo applications.