# BCM68850

#### 50G ITU PON/XGS-PON and EPON Gateway SoC with Edge AI

## Overview

The BCM68850 is a highly integrated 50G ITU PON/XGS-PON and EPON Gateway system-on-a-chip (SoC) with integrated Edge AI for rich service delivery and intelligent broadband applications. Combining a multicore ARM v8 CPU complex, line-speed packet processing with a Neural Processing Engine (NPU), non-blocking Ethernet and native Wi-Fi 8 support, the BCM68850 enables homes and businesses with industry-leading throughput, near-zero latency and sophisticated gateway functionality. Supporting 50Gbps, 25Gbps and 10Gbps Ethernet interfaces, the BCM68850 can be designed into a wide range of deployment scenarios to meet the needs of residential consumers and business users.

With field-proven and ITU/IEEE-interoperable gateway software, the BCM68850 enables low-risk development and fast time-to-market for implementations of 50G ITU-PON and EPON applications.

### Features

- Multicore Arm v8 CPU
- Dual-issue runner packet processor
- Line-speed offload of both wired and wireless data paths
- Integrated 50Gbps, 25Gbps and 10Gbps Ethernet interfaces
- Advanced LPDDR memory support
- Multi-lane PCIe controllers
- Multiple USB ports
- Secure boot and enhanced encryption support

### Applications

- Residential fiber to the home (FTTH) gateway
- 50G fiber broadband gateway with Wi-Fi-8
- Multi-gigabit fiber CPE

### Lifecycle Status

Active

## Specifications

| Specification         | Value            |
|-----------------------|------------------|
| Lifecycle             | Active           |
| Distributor Inventory  | No               |
| Market Segment        | Residential/CPE  |

## Documentation

| Title                                                                                     | Date       | Type | Alert |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------|-------|
| [BCM68850: 50G ITU-PON Gateway SoC Product Brief](https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/68850-PB)<br>The Broadcom BCM68850 is a single-chip gateway system on a chip (SoC), supporting small packet WAN-to-LAN routing concurrent with multiport Ethernet switching, L3/L4 packet processing, triband concurrent Wi-Fi 8 wireless networking, and multiline Voice over IP (VoIP).<br>Version:<br>PB100<br>File Size:<br>398.7 KB<br>Language:<br>English | 05/18/2026 | pdf  |       |