For Broadcom prior to its acquisition by Avago, see Broadcom Corporation.
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Broadcom Inc.
Former headquarters in North San Jose
Formerly
HP Associates (1961–1999)
Agilent Semiconductor Products Group (1999–2005)
Avago Technologies (2005–2016)
Broadcom Limited (2016–2018)
Company type
Public
Traded as
Nasdaq: AVGO
Nasdaq-100 component
S&P 100 component
S&P 500 component
Industry
Semiconductor
Computer software
Founded
1961; 63 years ago (1961)
Headquarters
Stanford Research Park,
Palo Alto, California
,
U.S.
Key people
Henry Samueli (chairman) Hock Tan (president and CEO)
Products
Semiconductor and infrastructure software products
Revenue
US$35.82 billion (2023)
Operating income
US$16.21 billion (2023)
Net income
US$14.08 billion (2023)
Total assets
US$72.86 billion (2023)
Total equity
US$23.99 billion (2023)
Number of employees
‹See Tfd›
≈ 20,000 (October 2023)
Website
broadcom.com
Footnotes / references [1][2][3]
Broadcom Inc. is an American multinational designer, developer, manufacturer, and global supplier of a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software products. Broadcom's product offerings serve the data center, networking, software, broadband, wireless, storage, and industrial markets. As of 2023, some 79 percent of Broadcom's revenue came from its semiconductor-based products and 21 percent from its infrastructure software products and services.[1]: 43
Tan Hock Eng is the company's president and CEO.[4][5] The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.[6]Avago Technologies Limited took the Broadcom part of the Broadcom Corporation name after acquiring it in January 2016. The ticker symbol AVGO which represented old Avago now represents the newly merged entity. The Broadcom Corporation ticker symbol BRCM was retired. At first the merged entity was known as Broadcom Ltd., before assuming the present[when?] name.
In October 2019, the European Union issued an interim antitrust order against Broadcom concerning anticompetitive business practices which allegedly violate European Union competition law.[7]
In May 2022, Broadcom Inc. announced an agreement to acquire VMware in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $69 billion. The acquisition was closed on November 22, 2023.[8]
^ ab"US SEC: 2023 Form 10-K Broadcom Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 14 December 2023.
^"A second life for chip plant". The Register-Guard. 12 November 2015.
^"Agilent semiconductors group becomes Avago". ledsmagazine.com. 1 December 2005.
^Andrew Meola (26 February 2014). "Why Avago Technologies (AVGO) Is Up Today". The Street. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
^Steve Johnson (16 December 2013). "Avago offers $6.6 billion for San Jose chipmaker LSI". Contra Costa Times. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
^"2023 Broadcom Inc. Form 10-K".
^Michaels, Daniel (16 October 2019). "Broadcom Ordered by EU to Halt Allegedly Anticompetitive Practices". Wall Street Journal.
^Oi, Mariko (22 November 2023). "Chipmaker Broadcom completes $69bn deal to buy VMware". BBC News. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023.
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acquisition was ongoing, Broadcom made a $103 billion offer to acquire Qualcomm, and Qualcomm rejected the offer. Broadcom attempted a hostile takeover...
American businessman, engineer, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Broadcom Corporation, owner of the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks, and a...
an operating system that runs on server hardware. On November 22, 2023 Broadcom Inc. acquired VMware in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at US$69 billion...
development based in Vancouver, British Columbia. currently a part of Broadcom Software. The company was co-founded in July 2000 by Irfhan Rajani as Jaalam...
Broadcom MASTERS, a program of Society for Science, is a national science competition for U.S. middle school students. The Broadcom Foundation launched...
the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in association with Broadcom. Since 2013, Raspberry Pi devices have been developed and supported by...
a Malaysian-born Chinese-American business executive. He is the CEO of Broadcom Inc. He was the highest-earning CEO in the US in 2017, earning US$103.2...
Nicholas III (born 1959) is an American businessman who is a co-founder of Broadcom Corporation, and former co-chairman of its board, president, and chief...
company specializing in storage networking products, now a subsidiary of Broadcom Inc. The company is known for its Fibre Channel storage networking products...
Symantec Endpoint Protection, developed by Broadcom Inc., is a security software suite that consists of anti-malware, intrusion prevention and firewall...
Crystal HD is Broadcom's hardware semiconductor intellectual property (SIP) core that performs video decoding. Crystal HD includes single chip high-definition...
having a serial number that starts with C061 has these specifications: Broadcom BCM5352EKPBG CPU 32 MB RAM (Hynix HY5DU561622ETP-D43) 8 MB Flash (JS28f640)...
multimedia processors originally developed by Alphamosaic Ltd and now owned by Broadcom. Alphamosaic marketed its first version as a two-dimensional DSP architecture...
introduced AirPort Extreme, based on the 802.11g specification, using Broadcom's BCM4306/BCM2050 two-chip solution. AirPort Extreme allows theoretical...
moving back to Manhattan in 2014. In 2018, the company was acquired by Broadcom Inc., a semiconductor manufacturer, for nearly $19 billion. The origins...
enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware, a subsidiary of Broadcom, for deploying and serving virtual computers. As a type-1 hypervisor, ESXi...
2020-10-09. "Love to Get Your Hands on a Raspberry Pi 2? Hat Tip to Broadcom". Broadcom. 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2015-07-22. "Compact3128 Card size board"...
Technologies. 2017-04-03. "Broadcom to Acquire CA Technologies for $18.9 Billion in Cash". Broadcom. 2018-07-11. "Broadcom Inc. Completes Acquisition...
gateways Wireless LAN cards Many of Buffalo's residential gateways use Broadcom microprocessor chipsets, allowing a variety of third party open source...
Altiris". Symantec. January 29, 2007. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. http://www.altiris.com/ - Old website/domain, now redirects to Broadcom...
configuration without having to use two PCI slots. In 2009 Broadcom entered the CNA market. Broadcom offers their CNAs under their own brand name but also...
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US$72.86 billion (2023)