Sam Diaz

Sam Diaz is the Director of Digital Content for Broadcom. He oversees the online content for Broadcom.com and the Broadcom Connected blog, as well as the company's social media efforts. He is a veteran tech journalist whose career has included reporting, editing and blogging jobs for the San Jose Mercury News, the Washington Post and CBS Interactive's ZDNet blogs. He holds degrees in Journalism and English. He is based in Silicon Valley.

Keynote Recap: Exploring the Power and Potential of Next-Gen Networking at Interop

By: Sam Diaz Posted: May. 08, 2013

To get a sense of the excitement, anticipation and even — dare we say it, anxiety — around the fast-approaching Software Defined Networking trend, look no further than this week’s Interop conference in Las Vegas.

The SDN discussion is everywhere — in the workshops, on the panels, at the show floor booths and, earlier today, the main keynote stage.

Rajiv Ramaswami, executive vice president and general manager of Infrastructure & Networking Group at Broadcom, was joined on Wednesday …

On Deck at Interop 2013: Simplifying With SDN

By: Sam Diaz Posted: May. 07, 2013

Is Software Defined Networking, or SDN, ready for prime-time? It’s a question that was posed to a panel of industry experts at the Interop conference in Las Vegas today – and one that’s not easily answered.

But, Ram Velaga, Broadcom’s vice president and general manager of network switches in the Infrastructure & Networking Group and a panelist at today’s session, offered up a simple— and perhaps better—counterpoint to the complex question: Industry adoption of Software Defined Networking is a matter …

From Mobile World Congress: Broadcom’s Easing the Spectrum Crunch with Carrier Aggregation [VIDEO]

By: Sam Diaz Posted: Feb. 27, 2013

Spectrum — the invisible infrastructure over which all wireless transmissions travel – is the backbone of the mobile industry. Yet, with most of the airwaves for transmitting mobile signals already allocated and licensed and consumers’ data usage on the uptick, the industry is facing a “spectrum crunch” that could lead to quality of service issues, such as dropped calls and slower Internet access. Spectrum availability is also a key constraint for developing technologies to support next-generation cellular networks and for delivering …

Seen at the MWC Broadcom Booth: “PC-on-a-Stick” Dongle Makes Computing Accessible, Affordable

By: Sam Diaz Posted: Feb. 26, 2013

Here at Mobile World Congress, the latest and greatest technologies for on-the-go computing make up most of the buzz. Still, the humble PC hasn’t been eclipsed by sleek, do-all tablets and smartphones. At Broadcom’s booth, the PC isn’t going away. It’s just becoming more compact and more affordable.

Today, at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, Broadcom is showing a dongle-like device — think of it as a PC on a stick that’s about the size of a pack …

Seen at the MWC Broadcom Booth: Preserving Battery Life for 4G LTE

By: Sam Diaz Posted: Feb. 26, 2013

BARCELONA — When it comes to mobile devices, two problems are universal, regardless of device maker, operating system or location. The first is the data connection – the transmission signal that allows users to stream music, upload photos and surf the Web. The second is the drain on the device battery that comes with performing those same tasks.

Engineers at companies like Broadcom are constantly working to solve them both. Sometimes, however, the innovative breakthroughs on data connection speeds force …

From Mobile World Congress: 5G WiFi Ecosystem Grows with Arrival of HTC One® Smartphone

By: Sam Diaz Posted: Feb. 25, 2013

With some technologies, adoption is less a matter of “if” and more about “when.”

Just a little over a year ago – at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show – Broadcom introduced the first family of chips utilizing the next generation of Wi-Fi, 802.11ac. We called it 5G WiFi® and talked about how the industry might see a day when it becomes the wireless standard for streaming music, video or other forms of content.

We’re getting much closer to …

Broadcom at Mobile World Congress: A Pre-Show Sneak Peek

By: Sam Diaz Posted: Feb. 24, 2013

BARCELONA — The show doesn’t officially begin until tomorrow but the festivities around the Mobile World Congress conference kicked into high gear Sunday evening with Mobile Focus Global, an invitation-only event where companies gathered to showcase their technologies for a select group of journalists, bloggers, analysts and more.

Broadcom was in attendance with a prime spot near the event’s main entrance and an attractive demo that featured the Nintendo Wii U Game Console, which showcases Broadcom’s wireless connectivity technologies. …

Broadcom CEO Talks Smartphones and 5G WiFi on CNBC

By: Sam Diaz Posted: Jan. 08, 2013

Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor took to the airwaves on CNBC during the first day of the International Consumer Electronics Show to talk about some of the hottest technologies being showcased here.

In the clip, the interview with McGregor begins at about the :30 mark and continues to about 4:20. He covers a number of topics, including smartphone advancements, the adoption of 5G WiFi and the technology that’s powering tomorrow’s TVs.

A couple of the key takeaways from McGregor in …

Trending at CES: LGE’s Smart TV Integrates Broadcom’s 5G WiFi

By: Sam Diaz Posted: Jan. 07, 2013

Since the unveiling of Broadcom’s first 5G WiFi chip at last year’s International Consumer Electronics Show, a number of companies have launched products with the 802.11ac technology, including networking gear such as routers, as well as client devices like notebooks and PCs. This summer, we saw 5G WiFi land in smartphones, too, paired with Bluetooth 4.0 and FM radio on a single, integrated chip.

The next frontier for the super-speedy Wi-Fi connectivity — fittingly revealed this week at …

Global Connectivity Converges at CES 2013

By: Sam Diaz Posted: Jan. 03, 2013

It’s a big world out there. Broadcom recognizes that the love of — and the demand for — the latest and greatest consumer electronics technologies knows no geographic bounds.

As Broadcom heads to Las Vegas for the International Consumer Electronics show this week — where the gadget pageantry is set to dominate the tech media in the U.S. — we’re looking beyond Western borders.

Broadcom’s products are found everywhere on the planet, from urban corporate data centers and the cloud, …

Broadcom

Author