From new Broadcom networking chips and the Trident X3+ Ethernet Switch to VMware Telco Cloud Platform 9, here are five big product launches from Broadcom-VMware in 2026 that you should know about.
Broadcom and VMware launched new products this year—including networking chips, switches, a unified Wi-Fi 8 platform and the VMware Telco Cloud Platform 9—as the $77 billion infrastructure giant continues to invest in innovation.
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Broadcom is innovating both the hardware and software fronts with new accelerated processing units (APUs), Wi-Fi 8 devices and solutions to drive the 6G wireless infrastructure market.
CRN breaks down the five biggest new Broadcom and VMware product launches this year that every partner, investor and customer should know about.
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New VMware Telco Cloud Platform 9
In March, Broadcom unveiled the new VMware Telco Cloud Platform 9, a private cloud platform for telco data centers designed to help global telco operators boost hardware efficiency and lower operational costs when delivering sovereign and AI services.
VMware Telco Cloud Platform 9 is built on VMware Cloud Foundation 9 with its own additional telco-specific capabilities.
The goal is to give telcos a unified infrastructure foundation to lower memory and server costs via Advanced NVMe Memory Tiering capability, lower power consumption through improved server performance, and improve governance and compliance through automation, integrated cost management, and proactive policy enforcement.
The VMware Telco Cloud Platform 9 supports 4G/5G Core network functions and eventually 6G environments.
New Unified Wi-Fi 8 Platform For AI
This year, Broadcom launched its next-generation BCM4918 accelerated processing unit (APU) and two new dual-band Wi-Fi 8 devices: the BCM6714 and BCM6719.
The new Wi-Fi 8 platform combines compute acceleration, advanced networking, and security aiming to deliver high throughput, low latency, and intelligent optimization.
At the center of Broadcom’s new platform is the BCM4918 Wi-Fi 8 APU, a next-generation system-on-chip designed to unify high-performance computing, networking, and AI acceleration in tightly integrated silicon.
Along with the new APU are the two new dual-band Wi-Fi 8 devices, the BCM6714—which includes three spatial stream 2.4 GHz radio plus four spatial stream 5 GHz radio—and the BCM6719—which has four spatial stream 2.4 GHz radio plus four spatial stream 5 GHz radio. Each combines 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz operation into a single silicon.
The unified platform boost innovations like Seamless Roaming, Congestion Avoidance, and Inter-AP Coordination via secure Edge AI processing to deliver real-time telemetry.
BroadPeak is Broadcom’s new integrated radio digital front-end (DFE) SoC device aimed at unlocking new possibilities for 5G multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and remote radio head (RRH) applications—paving the way for 5G Advanced and 6G wireless infrastructure.
With extended operating frequency range from 400 MHz to 8.5 GHz, “BroadPeak is the first true 5G Advanced and 6G standard product” for large MIMO and RRHs, Broadcom said.
Broadcom said BroadPeak is the first radio digital front-end solution that meets the technical requirements for the upcoming 5G Advanced standard using the higher frequency n104 band from 6.425 to 7.125 GHz, as well as the 6G standard using the upper mid-band from 7 to 8.5 GHz.
The device features 5nm CMOS DFE and ADC/DAC blocks on a single chip.
Broadcom’s New Wi-Fi 8 Access Points
Broadcom unveiled its new Wi-Fi 8 access point (AP) is powered by a new accelerated processing unit (APU) chip, the BCM49438, designed to optimize wireless networking and AI acceleration at the edge.
Paired with Broadcom’s enterprise Wi-Fi 8 radio chips— the BCM43840, BCM43844 and BCM43820—enterprises can build a complete Wi-Fi 8 AP that enables edge AI processing, real-time optimization, and adaptive intelligence across all frequency bands.
The new Wi-Fi 8 access point combines high-performance computing, networking, and AI acceleration in a tightly integrated silicon.
New Ethernet Switch Launch: The Trident X3+
Broadcom unveiled an enterprise-grade switching platform via its new Ethernet switch, the Trident X3+.
The Trident X3+ is engineered with a security-first approach, doubling the front-panel bandwidth to up to 48 multi-gigabit ports to support high-density Wi-Fi 8 deployments.
It is the first switch to integrate PQC-compliant MACsec across all ports and includes a Secure Boot engine with a Hardware Root-of-Trust, ensuring end-to-end security across the entire wired and wireless network, Broadcom said.
The platform is equipped with Broadcom’s multi-gigabit physical layers—including Bradcom’s BCM84918, BCM54908 and BCM54908E—that provide seamless high-speed AP connectivity and PoE PSE chips that deliver optimal power and efficiency.
