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Rachel Rosmarin

Rachel Rosmarin is the chief trade show correspondent for Broadcom. Her technology reporting experience goes back a decade to the dawn of Wi-Fi, smartphones and the Mp3. She has an in-depth knowledge of consumer electronics and has cultivated her love of useful new toys at publications including Forbes, Tom’s Guide/Tom’s Hardware, Business 2.0, Sound & Vision and Mobile Magazine. She holds degrees in Journalism and Science In Human Culture and is based in Los Angeles.

Going Deep: Network Processors Tackle Security, Speed

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jun. 12, 2013

When consumers think about “the network” — whether a corporate network, a home network or even the mobile network — they tend to measure its performance based on things like connectivity and reliability, instead of speed and security.

But carrier-grade companies think differently. They worry about the vulnerability of the network and try their best to thwart hackers from compromising sensitive information stored on those networks — things like customer usernames and passwords, corporate intellectual property and critical applications.

Certainly, a company’s reputation …

Broadcom’s Engineering Zeitgeist: Company Recognizes Innovators Among its Ranks

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jun. 07, 2013

To the untrained ear, the degrees and credentials earned by Broadcom’s deeply talented brain trust can sound like alphabet soup. Engineers’ names are often followed by a trail of patents, products and Ph.D.s that might stymie outsiders but motivate and inspire their colleagues who are savvy enough to recognize legitimate technical breakthroughs when they see them.

Within Broadcom, everybody knows that these accomplishments are what propel the company — and, in many ways, innovation within society — forward. That’s why …

Why Ethernet Always Wins: Celebrating 40 Years

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: May. 13, 2013

In 1973, the United States launched Skylab, its first space station, and Pink Floyd sang about the “Dark Side of the Moon.” The same year, a technology was born that would revolutionize computing for the next several generations. This month, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ethernet.

Ethernet, the family of networking standards that enables computers to locally connect to each other, is still the ultra-strong backbone to the many networks we use every day. Its use has extended beyond …

From Mobile World Congress: Small Cells Go Big at Home and Outside

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Feb. 25, 2013

As a growing number of people rely on their mobile data connections to upload photos, stream music or play games on their smartphones or tablets, even the smallest slowdown creates frustration that can sting.

This network congestion problem will only increase as more people power up new data-hungry 3G and 4G mobile devices, which bogs down not only the pipe between a device and a base station but also plagues the data transfer between the base stations and the rest …

Broadband Around the Globe: Highlights from Broadcom’s International Press Event

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 11, 2013

Along the halls of the Consumer Electronics Show, its impossible to ignore the international feel of the show. Attendees flock to Las Vegas from around the world and converge on the show floor speaking dozens of languages.

As a global company, Broadcom certainly launches products that drive innovation in different international markets and has an interest in demonstrating the technology trends from across the globe.

At the show this week, Broadcom hosted a press conference for the journalists who …

Broadcom’s Michael Hurlston on CES Panel: “Six Wireless Technologies You’ll Want to Know”

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 09, 2013

Things got seriously geeky during one of the hundreds of specialized breakout sessions at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

Certainly, everyone here at the show wants to know what the next big thing will be. So it’s no surprise that a panel called “Six Wireless Technology You’ll Want to Know” would attract a standing-room-only audience.

Among those talking shop and debating the future of wireless tech was Broadcom’s own Michael Hurlston, senior vice president and general manager of wireless …

CNET’s Next Big Thing: How to Handle Ubiquitous Connectivity?

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 09, 2013

What do you get when you put a hot-headed entrepreneur, a consumer electronics exec, a mobile carrier exec and an automotive futurist together in a room? About a dozen different opinions about ubiquitous connectivity.

That’s what CNET editors discovered when they hosted the Next Big Thing panel Tuesday at the International Consumer Electronics Show. The topic up for debate was the “post-mobile future,” which is yet another phrase to characterize the burgeoning “Internet of Things” trend. The overall …

Keynote Highlights State of the CE Industry, Kicks off CES

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 08, 2013

The official International Consumer Electronics Show may have unofficially started yesterday — but the show doesn’t really begin until Gary Shapiro’s smiling face is broadcast to thousands of people seated in a ballroom at the Venetian Hotel.

Shapiro, the public face and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (which puts on the annual tech trade show), kicks off the event each year with his “state of the industry” address — a chance for him to talk about current trends and …

Tech Overdrive: Inside the Broadcom Booth at CES

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 08, 2013

The technology practically jumps out at you when you walk into Broadcom’s booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

As the annual CES show kicked off in Las Vegas, a flood of industry analysts, reporters, customers and executives converged on the the company’s red-emblazoned private booth, complete with 350 linear feet of live demos. All were there to gawk at Broadcom’s latest and greatest connectivity-related designs, which will roll out in consumer devices over the next year and a half.…

Home Theater of the Future: Ultra HD Gets Real at CES

 By: Rachel Rosmarin Posted: Jan. 08, 2013

By now you’ve likely heard that the buzz around 4KTV, or Ultra HD, has reached a deafening roar during the first day of this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show.

Hundreds of thousands of show-goers are flocking to exhibitors’ booths today to watch television — not for the programming, but rather for the picture quality. Ultra HD TV (or Ultra High Definition) is the insider’s lingo for an upcoming display technology the Consumer Electronics Association has defined as delivering a …

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