Broadcom Inc. (formerly Avago Technologies) is a designer, developer and global supplier of products based on analog and digital semiconductor technologies within four primary markets: wired infrastructure, wireless communications, enterprise storage, and industrial & others.
Tan Hock Eng is the company's president and CEO. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California. Avago took the Broadcom part of the Broadcom Corporation name after acquiring it in January 2016. The ticker symbol AVGO that represented old Avago now represents the new merged entity. The Broadcom Corporation ticker symbol BRCM was retired.
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History
The company was founded in 1961 as a semiconductor products division of Hewlett-Packard. The division separated from Hewlett-Packard as part of Agilent Technologies in 1999. KKR and Silver Lake Partners acquired the division of Agilent Technologies in 2005 for $2.6 billion and formed Avago Technologies. Avago Technologies agreed to sell its I/O solutions unit to PMC-Sierra for $42.5 million in October 2005. In August 2008, the company filed an initial public offering of $400 million. In October 2008, Avago Technologies acquired Infineon Technologies' Munich-based bulk acoustic wave business for EUR21.5 million. In 2009, Avago Technologies went public on NASDAQ with the ticker symbol AVGO. Avago Technologies announced its agreement to acquire CyOptics, an optical chip and component supplier, for $400 million in April 2013. The acquisition aimed to expand Avago Technologies' fiber optics product portfolio. In October 2013, Avago Technologies invested $5 million in Amantys, power electronics technology provider, as part of a strategic investment agreement between the two companies. Avago Technologies announced its agreement to acquire LSI Corporation in December 2013 for $6.6 billion. The acquisition helped move Avago Technologies away from specialized products and towards a more mainstream industry, which included chips, especially storage for data centers.
The company sold its SSD controller business to Seagate in May 2014. In August 2014, the company was the ninth largest semiconductor company. Avago Technologies agreed to sell LSI's Axxia Networking business to Intel for $650 million. The company also agreed to buy PLX Technology, an integrated circuits designer, for $309 million. In February 2015, it was announced that Avago Technologies Limited had reached an agreement to acquire Emulex Corporation for $8 per share in cash.
On 28 May 2015, Avago announced that it would buy Broadcom for $37 billion ($17 billion cash and $20 billion in shares). The combined company, which would be named Broadcom Ltd., will have annual revenue of $15 billion and a market value of $77 billion. Broadcom Corp. will strengthen Avago Technologies' patent position significantly in sectors such as mobile, the data center and the Internet of Things and would make the company the ninth largest holder of patents among the top semiconductor vendors, according to an analysis by technology consulting firm LexInnova. According to the company's web site, the closing of the transaction completed on 1 February 2016.
In 2016, Broadcom proposed merging with Brocade Communications Systems. The merger was delayed for review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. In 2017, Broadcom announced it would relocate its legal address from Singapore to Delaware, which would avoid the review. In November 2017, Broadcom proposed to purchase Qualcomm for $130 billion USD, which was rebuffed by Qualcomm's board. President Trump blocked the revised $117 billion merger by an executive order that cited national security concerns.
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Products
Broadcom provides a broad range of digital and analog semiconductor connectivity solutions that serve four primary end markets: wired infrastructure, wireless communications, enterprise storage, and industrial & others. Common applications for its products include: data center networking, home connectivity, broadband access, telecommunications equipment, smartphones and base stations, data center servers and storage, factory automation, power generation and alternative energy systems, and displays. Some of Broadcom's core technologies and franchise products include:
Core Technologies:
- Broadband Modems
- Wideband ADC/DACs
- Custom DSP & ARM CPUs
- Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/GPS
- Copper/Optical PHYs
- Switching Fabrics
- Analog & DSP SerDes
- FBAR & RF Front-Ends
- SAS/SATA/FC/PCIe/Read-Channel
- VCSEL/DFB Optics
- Optical Sensing
Franchise Products:
- Cable/Sat/IP Set-Top Box SoCs
- Cable Modem/CMTS SoCs
- PON/DSL CPE/CO SoCs
- Wireless Connectivity Combos
- Ethernet NICs/Controllers/PHYs
- Ethernet Switching/Routing SoCs
- Network Processor SoCs
- RF Filter and Front-End Modules
- ASICs (Networking and Compute)
- HDD/SSD Controllers & HDD PreAmps
- Enterprise SAS/SATA/FC/PCIe
- Optical Isolation/Motion Encoders/LED
- Fiber Optic Products
See also
- LSI Corporation
- PLX Technology
- Emulex
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