Broadcom Announces Industry's First Enterprise Wi-Fi 8 Access Point And Switch Solution For The AI Era
Broadcom, Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
Unified, wireless-first architecture addresses rising demand for hybrid work and delivers performance, efficiency and security needed for next-generation enterprise networking
Broadcom, a global leader in semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, announced the industry's first Wi-Fi 8 access point (AP) and switch solution purpose-built with a unified architecture for AI-ready enterprise networks.
Building on Broadcom's first-to-market Wi-Fi 8 radios launched in October 2025, the new enterprise-grade Wi-Fi 8 AP platform is powered by a new accelerated processing unit (APU) chip, the BCM49438, designed to optimize wireless networking and AI acceleration at the enterprise edge.