DOCSIS 3.0: ARRIS Dips MaxLinear Chips

ARRIS has selected the MaxLinear MxL261 dual-wideband tuner + quad demodulator for a new family of eight-channel DOCSIS 3.0 CPE. ARRIS is using the MxL261 in the TG862 Wireless Gateway, the TM822 EMTA, the TM804 four-line EMTA, and the CM820 cable modem.The MxL261 is a dual-wideband tuner, quad QAM demodulator digital cable front-end chip designed to capture eight channels in two independent 100 MHz input frequency bands located anywhere in the cable spectrum.