Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Entropic Reaches 50 Million MoCA Chipset Shipments

Entropic Communications has shipped more than fifty million MoCA 1.0/1.1 chipsets since 2007.


Entropic's MoCA enables whole-home entertainment networks over existing coax cabling. The Entropic technology is used in solutions now being deployed by Verizon, DIRECTV, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox Communications, Brighthouse, and other pay-TV service providers.


"Demand for connected home entertainment is driving what we believe will be a multi-year growth cycle for the consumer electronics industry, and our MoCA solutions are paramount in this advancement," said Patrick Henry, president and CEO, Entropic Communications. "Entropic is focused on further advancing MoCA solutions to give consumers the best experience for video, voice and Internet services and the ultimate control over how, when and where they enjoy their home entertainment."http://www.entropic.com

  • Earlier this year, Entropic announced its latest MoCA offering, MoCA 2.0, an end-to-end solution with MAC, PHY, analog, RF transceiver and RF front-end functionality. It provides 400 Mbps of application throughput in its basic configuration, and is scalable to support 500 Mbps Turbo mode and 800 Mbps /1 Gbps in channel bonded modes. MoCA 2.0 is currently sampling.