DENVER, Colo. -- At the 2018 RDK Americas Summit, RDK Management, LLC and Broadcom Limited (NASDAQ:AVGO) announced they have entered into a strategic development agreement to closely integrate chipset-level software development kits (SDKs) from Broadcom with RDK’s open source software. This new effort will provide a common software porting layer to simplify and standardize RDK deployments across CPE suppliers used by video and broadband service providers worldwide.

The companies noted that, historically, each CPE manufacturer uses slightly modified SoC-layer software to support RDK-based devices, even when using the same Broadcom SoC and same version of RDK software. The new approach announced today will allow for a more efficient process to keep Broadcom SoC SDK versions in sync with RDK versions.

Specifically, RDK Management LLC will work with its strategic partners and Broadcom to coordinate RDK-based code changes to Broadcom SDK porting layer versions. RDK Management and Broadcom will then synchronize the release of new RDK versions with the new Broadcom SDK porting layer versions that Broadcom makes available to its licensees. This new effort will optimize and streamline service provider’s efforts to develop and deploy software used on Broadcom-powered devices.

RDK Management LLC
Broadcom Corp. (Nasdaq: BRCM)