The BCM3556 is the next generation of System-on-a-Chip (SoC) Digital Television (DTV) products from Broadcom with 1080p60 input and output capability targeted for the EU and Asian Markets. It combines a high level of integration with best-of-class picture quality, enabling TV manufacturers to reduce overall system cost (BOM) and improve picture quality, all with a single SoC.

The BCM3556 combines DVB-T COFDM terrestrial and PAL/SECAM demodulators, two DVI/HDMI receivers, a transport processor, a digital audio processor, 3D/2D graphics processing, Ethernet MAC and PHY, digital processing of analog video and audio, analog video digitizer and DAC functions, stereo high-fidelity audio DACs, a 400-MHz dual-threaded MIPS processor, and a peripheral control unit providing a variety of television control functions. The BCM3556 also features an advanced video decoder capable of supporting high-definition AVC, VC-1, and DVB-T MPEG-2 streams.