PALO ALTO, Calif. — February 19, 2026 — Leads & Copy — Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) has launched BroadPeak™, a radio digital front-end (DFE) SoC device designed for 5G massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and remote radio head (RRH) applications.
The device aims to pave the way for next-generation 5G Advanced and 6G wireless infrastructure, featuring 5nm CMOS DFE and ADC/DAC blocks on a single chip, potentially reducing power consumption by up to 40% compared to existing solutions for massive MIMO and RRHs. Its RF performance and operating frequency range, spanning from 400 MHz to 8.5 GHz, position BroadPeak as a 5G Advanced and 6G standard product for massive MIMO and RRHs.
Massive MIMO is a key technology for 5G, increasing coverage, capacity, and user throughput of mobile networks. BroadPeak meets the technical requirements for the upcoming 5G Advanced standard using the higher frequency n104 band from 6.425 to 7.125 GHz, as well as the 6G standard using the upper mid-band from 7 to 8.5 GHz. Mobile operators and OEMs can use BroadPeak to design high-capacity, high-throughput networks to support AI-driven applications and personalized digital experiences.
Key highlights of the BroadPeak BCM85021 include:
- 32T32R8FB (with SKUs for 8T8R2FB and 16T16R4FB)
- Scalable, RF carrier frequency range of 400MHz to 8.5 GHz
- Integrated digital predistortion, carrier aggregation, crest factor reduction & antenna front-end, digital down-conversion, digital up-conversion, gain control, and filtering
- iBW up to 860 MHz
- oBW up to 800MHz
- ACLR with DPD better than -50dBc
- Support full spectrum of carrier aggregation
- DPD learning time 100x faster than typical reference
- ADC/DAC sampling rates up to 19.6 GS/s
- Receivers (RX): 100 MHz to 860 MHz, 1.6 GHz
- TX and FB: 200 MHz to 1.6 GHz, 3.2 GHz
- Gain control range: RX/FB: 30 dB, TX: 25 dB
Vijay Janapaty, vice president and general manager of Broadcom’s Physical Layer Products Division, said that as 5G New Radio expands into the 6 GHz spectrum and above, the infrastructure must evolve to handle AI and data-heavy applications. He added that the next-generation Massive MIMO SoCs are engineered to deliver the linearity and power efficiency required to power the future of connectivity, integrating DFE and AFE with high-linearity data converters at 8.5 GHz for efficiency in next-generation base stations.
Raghib Hussain, President and CEO of Altera, stated that the industry requires partnerships across silicon platforms as mobile networks advance toward 5G Advanced and 6G. He noted the collaboration with Broadcom and interoperability testing between Altera Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and Broadcom BroadPeak SoCs validate a scalable foundation for radio platforms, enabling equipment manufacturers and operators to innovate with flexibility.
Siba Satapathy, Chief Growth & Transformation Officer, Hitachi GlobalLogic, said that software is as vital as silicon as RAN evolution demands greater intelligence. He added that co-developing the BroadPeak SDK with Broadcom simplifies hardware complexity and exposes advanced DFE capabilities, ensuring that next-gen mMIMO, RRH and Open RAN architectures are deployment-ready at scale.
Broadcom has begun shipping samples of BroadPeak BCM85021 to its early access customers and partners.
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Source: Broadcom Inc.
