Airoha Technology Corp (達發科技) yesterday said it would expand its broadband chip portfolios this year to bolster its position in the global open-source broadband chip market.
The company, a subsidiary of MediaTek Inc (聯發科), specializes in designing networking and communications chips. By collaborating with tier-one telecoms for three years, the company introduced its first prplOS-based chips last year.
The company said that expanding its chip portfolio to cover three open-source systems — prplOS, OpenWrit and RDK-B — is essential to seize a larger share of the global market.
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“Responding to the surging demand for open-source flexibility, Airoha will expand its prplOS support to 4 additional fiber broadband platforms in 2026, enabling operators to interface with a more extensive application ecosystem,” the company said in a statement.
Airoha said that this year it would add three higher-speed 10G-PON SoC chips and one G-PON SoC chip to its prplOS-ready portfolio.
“Our goal is to provide maximum flexibility and support, helping customers accelerate their time-to-market for new products. We look forward to working with more ecosystem partners to promote the global proliferation of fiber-to-the-home services,” Airoha executive vice president M.H. Shieh (謝孟翰) said in the statement.
The prplOS system is designed for embedded networking devices, particularly broadband routers and gateways, says the prpl Foundation, which counts Airoha, MediaTek, Broadcom Inc and global telecom operators such as AT&T Inc, Orange SA and Verizon Inc among its members.
Airoha last month said it is expanding in the North American market and expects the US and European markets combined to make up about 50 percent of its broadband chip revenue this year.
The company’s infrastructure business including broadband chips, Ethernet chips and optical fiber chips contributed about 45 percent to its revenue last year, up from 35 percent in 2024.
The company said it expects further growth in the infrastructure business this year, with optical fiber and Ethernet chips recording the fastest growth due to rising demand from artificial intelligence data centers.
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