ANAHEIM, Calif. -- OFC 2002 -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), the leading provider of integrated circuits enabling broadband communications, today demonstrated a Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) transport application that is significantly smaller and consumes less power than today's solutions. This very small form factor design is the result of directly connecting an XFP (10-Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable) module to Broadcom's highly integrated BCM8511B DWDM Transport Processor. The combination of these products will enable equipment providers to deploy higher port density DWDM systems used by telecommunication companies for transmitting information in wide and metropolitan area networks. "The protocol-dependant nature of parallel system interfaces in current 10-Gigabit applications fragments the market for optical modules," said Armond Hairapetian, General Manager of Broadcom's Optical Transport Line of Business. "Broadcom's expertise in designing 10-Gigabit serial interfaces in CMOS technology is enabling a new class of 10-Gigabit modules that are much smaller and application independent. We expect the broad adoption of serial 10- Gigabit interconnects across the WAN, MAN, LAN and SAN network segments to increase the volume and ultimately lower the cost of these 10-Gigabit optical modules." Broadcom Corp. For more information on OFC 2002, please visit: www.nottheofc.com