The new TeraQAM BL85000 allows system equipment suppliers to meet the $100/QAM price watermark. By shattering the cost, power and density barriers, it lets system equipment suppliers deliver solutions that significantly expand the content delivery capacity of cable networks in a cost-effective way. It is ideal for edge QAM, multi-tenant QAM and emerging fiber node QAM applications.

The ability to move from broadcast delivery to a unicast model hinges on cost reductions and increased efficiency of core network components, said Ian Olgeirson, senior analyst with SNL Kagan. Improvements to QAM capacity offer a significant step toward providing the new consumer control.

TeraQAM-Enabled Systems Maximize Return On Investment (ROI):

The TeraQAM solution brings significant benefits to operators in edge QAM systems with high QAM channel counts, as well as in low-density systems for multi-tenant building applications.

According to Danial Faizullabhoy, president and chief executive officer at BroadLogic, BroadLogic continues to push the new envelope for deployment of personalized services to consumers. With TeraQAM, cable operators gain the efficient, cost-effective and least disruptive way to evolve their networks. Our breakthrough solution makes the dollars and cents work.

In edge QAM systems, TeraQAM reduces operators’ capital expenditure by lowering system BOM costs, and also significantly cuts their operating expenses for power and space. Cable operators also can use TeraQAM-enabled equipment to compete more effectively by providing differentiated new services for apartment buildings, hotels and other multi-tenant units. TeraQAMs cost, power and density advantages also enable new fiber node architecture for the cable industry. Operators can now cost-effectively transition their network to an IP-based network and maximize the ROI in their fiber deployment.

System equipment suppliers can provide these benefits for the operators because TeraQAM is a cost- and power-effective solution than the QAM function traditionally implemented in a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). TeraQAM lets system designers offload the QAM functionality from the FPGA, and then use a less expensive FPGA to implement the other system functionality, or integrate more system functionality into the existing FPGA.

The TeraQAM BL85000 chip is compliant with standards ITU-T J.83 Annexes A, B and C for global use, and meets the DOCSIS DRFI specification in conjunction with currently available third-party digital-to-analog converters (DACs).

Pricing and Availability:

The BL85000 is sampling to early access customers in June 2009, and is scheduled for production quantities by the end of 2009 in 32- and 16-channel versions. The 16-channel version is priced at $500 for quantities of 1,000 units.