Broadcom announces general availability of BCM68660, BCM55050

Broadcom announced the general availability of the BCM68660 and BCM55050, the industry’s first merchant silicon 50G PON Optical Line Terminal-Optical Network Unit devices with an embedded neural processing unit, designed to accelerate artificial intelligence and machine learning at the edge and enable telecom operators to drive new applications on 50G fiber broadband networks. The BCM68660 standalone 50G PON OLT SoC interoperates with the BCM55050 50G PON ONU and other available ITU standards-based 50G ONUs, providing telecom operators a complete end-to-end 50G PON ecosystem of solutions for 50G fiber broadband.