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Presenters at the Semico Outlook 2010 briefing this week frequently mentioned buildout of the global broadband network as a key near-term market for SoCs. The basic parameters are well-known. Growing demand for HD video over IP networks and growing Internet use by smart phones and netbooks are driving up network bandwidth requirements faster than carriers and service providers had anticipated. So there is a scramble to install higher-bandwidth links and to implement advanced traffic management services to get the most out of what physical bandwidth is available.

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