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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the business formerly known as Avago, which was renamed after the company it took over. For the original Broadcom prior to the 2016 takeover, see <a href="Broadcom_Corporation" title="Broadcom Corporation">Broadcom Corporation</a>.</div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Avago" redirects here. For the Irish/UK television channel, see <a href="Avago_(TV_channel)" title="Avago (TV channel)">Avago (TV channel)</a>.</div>
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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Broadcom Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><div class="infobox-caption">Former headquarters in <a href="North_San_Jose" title="North San Jose">North San Jose</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">
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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"><li>HP Associates (1961‍–‍1999)</li><li>Agilent Semiconductor Products Group (1999‍–‍2005)</li><li>Avago Technologies (2005‍–‍2016)</li><li>Broadcom Limited (2016‍–‍2018)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="Nasdaq" title="Nasdaq">Nasdaq</a>:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/avgo">AVGO</a></li><li><a href="Nasdaq-100" title="Nasdaq-100">Nasdaq-100</a> component</li><li><a href="S%26P_100" title="S&amp;P 100">S&amp;P 100</a> component</li><li><a href="S%26P_500" title="S&amp;P 500">S&amp;P 500</a> component</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="Semiconductor_industry" title="Semiconductor industry">Semiconductor</a></li><li><a href="Computer_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer software">Computer software</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1961<span style="display:none">&nbsp;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1961</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="Stanford_Research_Park" title="Stanford Research Park">Stanford Research Park</a>, <div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="Palo_Alto%2C_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto, California</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="Henry_Samueli" title="Henry Samueli">Henry Samueli</a> (<a href="Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a>)<br><a href="Hock_Tan" title="Hock Tan">Hock Tan</a> (<a href="President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">president</a> and <a href="Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>51.57 billion</span> (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$13.46 billion</span> (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$5.895 billion</span> (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$165.6 billion</span> (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$67.68 billion</span> (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">37,000 (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="VMware" title="VMware">VMware</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.broadcom.com/">broadcom.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes&nbsp;/ references</b><br><sup id="cite_ref-2024-10K_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024-10K-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-former1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-former1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-former2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-former2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Broadcom Inc.</b> is an American <a href="Multinational_corporation" title="Multinational corporation">multinational</a> designer, developer, manufacturer, and global supplier of a wide range of <a href="Semiconductor" title="Semiconductor">semiconductor</a> and infrastructure software products. Broadcom's product offerings serve the data center, networking, software, broadband, wireless, storage, and industrial markets. As of 2024, some 58 percent of Broadcom's revenue came from its semiconductor-based products and 42 percent from its infrastructure software products and services.<sup id="cite_ref-2024-10K_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024-10K-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 43">: 43 </span></sup>
</p><p><a href="Tan_Hock_Eng" class="mw-redirect" title="Tan Hock Eng">Tan Hock Eng</a> is the company's president and <a href="Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-street_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-street-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-contra_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-contra-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company is headquartered in <a href="Palo_Alto%2C_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Avago Technologies Limited</b> was changing its name to <i>Broadcom</i> to acquire <a href="Broadcom_Corporation" title="Broadcom Corporation">Broadcom Corporation</a> in January 2016. Avago's ticker symbol AVGO now represents the merged entity. The Broadcom Corporation ticker symbol BRCM was retired. Initially the merged entity was known as <i>Broadcom Limited</i>, before assuming the current name in November 2017.
</p><p>In October 2019, the European Union issued an interim antitrust order against Broadcom concerning anticompetitive business practices which allegedly violate <a href="European_Union_competition_law" title="European Union competition law">European Union competition law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wsjeu_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsjeu-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In May 2022, Broadcom announced an agreement to acquire <a href="VMware" title="VMware">VMware</a> in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $69&nbsp;billion. The acquisition was closed on November 22, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-broadcom_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-broadcom-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Amid the <a href="AI_boom" title="AI boom">AI boom</a>, the company's market capitalization exceeded US$1 trillion for the first time in December 2024, making Broadcom one of the <a href="List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization" title="List of public corporations by market capitalization">most valuable companies</a> in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origin_in_Hewlett-Packard">Origin in Hewlett-Packard</h3></div>
<p>The company that would later become Broadcom Inc. was established in 1961 as <a href="HP_Associates" class="mw-redirect" title="HP Associates">HP Associates</a>, a semiconductor products division of <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The division separated from Hewlett-Packard as part of the <a href="Agilent_Technologies" title="Agilent Technologies">Agilent Technologies</a> spinoff in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-register_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-register-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-value_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-value-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_of_Avago_Technologies">Formation of Avago Technologies</h3></div>

<p><a href="Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts" class="mw-redirect" title="Kohlberg Kravis Roberts">KKR</a> and <a href="Silver_Lake_Partners" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Lake Partners">Silver Lake Partners</a> acquired the Semiconductor Products Group of Agilent Technologies in 2005 for $2.6 billion and formed Avago Technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-register_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-register-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Avago Technologies agreed to sell its I/O solutions unit to <a href="PMC-Sierra" title="PMC-Sierra">PMC-Sierra</a> for $42.5 million in October 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In August 2008, the company filed an initial public offering of $400 million.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2008, Avago Technologies acquired <a href="Infineon_Technologies" title="Infineon Technologies">Infineon Technologies'</a> Munich-based bulk acoustic wave business for €21.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>On 6 August 2009, Avago Technologies went public on <a href="NASDAQ" class="mw-redirect" title="NASDAQ">NASDAQ</a> with the ticker symbol AVGO.<sup id="cite_ref-value_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-value-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-techspot_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techspot-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Avago Technologies announced its agreement to acquire CyOptics, an optical chip and component supplier, for $400 million in April 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-india_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-india-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The acquisition aimed to expand Avago Technologies' fiber optics product portfolio.<sup id="cite_ref-india_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-india-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2013, Avago Technologies invested $5 million in Amantys, a <a href="Power_electronics" title="Power electronics">power electronics</a> technology provider, as part of a strategic investment agreement between the two companies.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Avago Technologies announced its agreement to acquire <a href="LSI_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="LSI Corporation">LSI Corporation</a> in December 2013 for $6.6 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-register_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-register-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-techtimes_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techtimes-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-techspot_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techspot-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The acquisition helped move Avago Technologies away from specialized products and towards a more mainstream industry, which included chips, especially storage for data centers.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The company sold its <a href="SSD_controller" class="mw-redirect" title="SSD controller">SSD controller</a> business to <a href="Seagate_Technology" title="Seagate Technology">Seagate Technology</a> in May 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2014, the company was the ninth-largest semiconductor company.<sup id="cite_ref-seeking_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seeking-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Avago Technologies agreed to sell LSI's Axxia Networking business to <a href="Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a> for $650&nbsp;million.<sup id="cite_ref-value_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-value-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company also agreed to buy <a href="PLX_Technology" title="PLX Technology">PLX Technology</a>, an integrated circuits designer, for $309 million.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2015, it was announced that Avago Technologies Limited had reached an agreement to acquire <a href="Emulex" title="Emulex">Emulex</a> Corporation for $8 per share in cash.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acquisition_of_and_change_of_name_to_Broadcom_Limited">Acquisition of and change of name to Broadcom Limited</h3></div>

<p>On 28 May 2015, Avago announced that it would buy <a href="Broadcom_Corporation" title="Broadcom Corporation">Broadcom Corporation</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for $37 billion ($17 billion cash and $20 billion in shares).<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Avago was the nominal survivor, but the combined company would be named Broadcom Ltd. It would have annual revenue of $15 billion and a market value of $77 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Broadcom Corp. strengthened Avago Technologies' patent position significantly in sectors such as mobile, the data center, and the Internet of Things and made the company the ninth largest holder of patents among the top semiconductor vendors, according to an analysis by technology consulting firm <a href="LexInnova_Technologies" title="LexInnova Technologies">LexInnova</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the company's website, the transaction closed on 1 February 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In May 2016, <a href="Cypress_Semiconductor" title="Cypress Semiconductor">Cypress Semiconductor</a> announced that it will acquire Broadcom Corporation's full portfolio of <a href="Internet_of_Things" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet of Things">IoT</a> products for $550 million. Under the deal, Cypress acquires Broadcom's IoT products and intellectual property for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and <a href="Zigbee" title="Zigbee">Zigbee</a> connectivity, as well as Broadcom's WICED platform and SDK for developers. The deal combined Broadcom's developer tools and connectivity technologies for IoT devices with Cypress' own programmable <a href="System-on-a-chip" class="mw-redirect" title="System-on-a-chip">system-on-a-chip</a> (SoC) products that provide memory, computing and graphics processing for low-power devices.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_investment_reviews_and_change_of_name_to_Broadcom_Inc.">Foreign investment reviews and change of name to Broadcom Inc.</h3></div>
<p>In 2016, Broadcom proposed merging with <a href="Brocade_Communications_Systems" title="Brocade Communications Systems">Brocade Communications Systems</a>. The acquisition proposal included a $5.5 billion price and was offered in cash.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was delayed for review by the <a href="Committee_on_Foreign_Investment_in_the_United_States" title="Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States">Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States</a>. On 2 November 2017, Broadcom announced it would relocate its legal address from Singapore to Delaware, which would avoid the review.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This action was linked to the parent company being renamed from Broadcom Limited to Broadcom Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-schizophrenic_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schizophrenic-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pre-2016-merger Broadcom, <a href="Broadcom_Corporation" title="Broadcom Corporation">Broadcom Corporation</a>, remains a wholly owned subsidiary of the renamed parent Broadcom Inc.
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<p>In mid-November 2017, Broadcom proposed to purchase <a href="Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a> for US$130 billion, which was rebuffed by Qualcomm's board.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposed hostile takeover, which was later revised to $117 billion, was blocked by <a href="First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">the Trump administration</a> by an <a href="Executive_order_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive order (United States)">executive order</a> that cited national security concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBCTrumpBlocksBroadcom_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCTrumpBlocksBroadcom-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specifically, the <a href="Committee_on_Foreign_Investment_in_the_United_States" title="Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States">Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States</a> expressed concerns. Broadcom, then headquartered in Singapore, was considered too close to China and chipmaker <a href="Huawei" title="Huawei">Huawei</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Auto_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Auto-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "A shift to Chinese dominance in 5G would have substantial negative national security consequences for the United States," CFIUS said. "While the United States remains dominant in the standards-setting space currently, China would likely compete robustly to fill any void left by Qualcomm as a result of this hostile takeover."<sup id="cite_ref-Auto_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Auto-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, critics of the move stated that the decision was motivated by competitiveness more than security concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCTrumpBlocksBroadcom_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCTrumpBlocksBroadcom-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Broadcom withdrew its takeover bid two days after the executive order.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Observers have stated that President Trump's decision was as consistent with the balance of trade objectives as it was with security concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCTrumpBlocksBroadcom_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCTrumpBlocksBroadcom-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Move_into_software">Move into software</h3></div>
<p>Historically a semiconductor-based-only company,<sup id="cite_ref-bbn-ca_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbn-ca-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the failure of the Qualcomm bid led Broadcom and its CEO to look at acquiring infrastructure software as an alternative way of growing in size.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-vmware_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-vmware-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 July 2018, news sources reported that Broadcom and <a href="CA_Technologies" title="CA Technologies">CA Technologies</a> agreed on terms for an $18.9 billion acquisition.<sup id="cite_ref-bbn-ca_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbn-ca-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CA Technologies, formerly known as Computer Associates, was a longtime giant in software for <a href="Mainframe_computer" title="Mainframe computer">mainframe computers</a> that had expanded its offerings into software for <a href="Cloud_computing" title="Cloud computing">cloud computing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-ca_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-ca-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And on 5 November 2018, Broadcom announced that it had completed the acquisition of CA Technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>On 9 August 2019, news sources reported that Broadcom had decided to acquire the enterprise security business of <a href="Symantec_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Symantec Corporation">Symantec Corporation</a> (the consumer software portion of which is now known as <a href="Gen_Digital" title="Gen Digital">Gen Digital</a>) for $10.7 billion in cash.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The deal continued Broadcom's push into software critical for corporate infrastructure.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-vmware_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-vmware-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And on 4 November 2019, Broadcom announced that it had completed the acquisition of the business, as well as the Symantec name and brand.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 2019, Broadcom was announced the fifth best performing <a href="Stock" title="Stock">stock</a> of the 2010s, with a total return of 1,956%.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anti-competitive_practices_investigations">Anti-competitive practices investigations</h3></div>
<p>In January 2018, it was reported that the FTC had been investigating Broadcom for several months for engaging in anti-competitive tactics while negotiating with customers.<sup id="cite_ref-wsj-dana_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj-dana-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, Broadcom agreed to settle the antitrust complaint, in which the <a href="Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">U.S. Federal Trade Commission</a> claimed that the company abused its monopoly power using restrictive contract terms and threats of retaliation against customers the company deemed "disloyal."<sup id="cite_ref-Scarcella_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scarcella-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In October 2019, Broadcom was ordered by the <a href="European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> to stop allegedly anticompetitive practices.<sup id="cite_ref-wsjeu_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsjeu-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
In 2021, Broadcom agreed to settle the antitrust complaint which claimed it had abused its monopoly power through restrictive contract terms and threats of retaliation against non-compliant customers.<sup id="cite_ref-Scarcella_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scarcella-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such contract terms are alleged to stifle innovation and harm competition in the global supply market.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said that Broadcom's contract terms with six main customers would "create serious and irreversible harm to competition" if no action were taken.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company agreed to a commitment to suspend agreements containing exclusivity or quasi-exclusivity arrangements and a commitment not to enter into such agreements for seven years.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Patent_suits">Patent suits</h3></div>
<p>In 2017, Broadcom filed patent suits against smart TV manufacturers. The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled in favor of the smart TV manufacturers.<sup id="cite_ref-VarietyNetflixSuit_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VarietyNetflixSuit-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 2020, Broadcom sued Netflix over multiple patent infringements.<sup id="cite_ref-VarietyNetflixSuit_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VarietyNetflixSuit-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics have argued that Broadcom is suing Netflix for being more successful,<sup id="cite_ref-:52_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:52-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> citing the declining number of traditional pay television subscribers due to the rise of streaming services.<sup id="cite_ref-Munson_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Munson-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Leichtman Research Group calculated that the largest pay TV providers in the U.S. – representing about 95% of the market – lost about 4,915,000 net video subscribers in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-Munson_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Munson-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regular customers each pay $231 a year for their boxes, totaling almost $20 billion per year in profit for the cable industry.<sup id="cite_ref-:52_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:52-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3></div>

<p>On January 7, 2020, <a href="Accenture" title="Accenture">Accenture PLC</a> agreed to acquire Symantec's 300-person cybersecurity services division from Broadcom.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2020, Broadcom announced the world's first <a href="WiFi_6E" class="mw-redirect" title="WiFi 6E">WiFi 6E</a> client device, the BCM4389.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
In early 2020, Raspberry Pi inc revealed that their new boards would have a Broadcom BCM2711 chip.
</p><p>In May 2022, Broadcom announced their deal to acquire the virtualization and cloud computing software vendor <a href="VMware" title="VMware">VMware</a> for $61 billion in a combination of cash and stock, with Broadcom assuming $8 billion in VMware debt.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyt-vmware_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-vmware-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2022, the <a href="United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>'s <a href="Competition_and_Markets_Authority" title="Competition and Markets Authority">Competition and Markets Authority</a> regulator announced it would investigate whether the Broadcom Inc. acquisition of VMware Inc. would "result in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United Kingdom for goods or services".<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> also said it was investigating the proposed acquisition, and as a result, Broadcom and VMware extended the planned completion date out to May 26, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 19, 2023, as both UK and EU regulators had yet to complete their investigations, the completion date was formally extended<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to August 26, 2023, and was later further extended to as late as November 26, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>On November 21, 2023, Broadcom Inc. announced its plan to finalize the $69 billion acquisition of <a href="VMware" title="VMware">VMware Inc</a>. on the following Wednesday. This acquisition, one of the largest in the technology sector, received global regulatory scrutiny, including from China, which approved the deal with specific conditions. These conditions require VMware's server software to be compatible with local hardware and not restrict customers from using Broadcom's hardware products. Despite concerns over rising <a href="China%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="China–United States relations">China-U.S.</a> tensions, the approval from China, which was the last regulatory hurdle, allowed the deal to proceed.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The transaction closed on November 22, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-avgo_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-avgo-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On completion, CEO Hock Tan announced that the company would relocate its headquarters in San Jose to the VMware campus in <a href="Palo_Alto%2C_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2024, Broadcom sold the end-user computing division, which it inherited from the VMware acquisition, to KKR for $4<span class="nowrap">&nbsp;</span>billion.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_affairs">Corporate affairs</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finances">Finances</h3></div>
<p>For the fiscal year 2023, Broadcom reported earnings of US$14.1 billion, with an annual revenue of US$35.8 billion, an increase of 7.9% over the previous fiscal cycle.
</p>
<table class="wikitable float-left sortable" style="text-align: right;">
<tbody><tr>
<th>Year
</th>
<th>Revenue<br>(US$ ml.)
</th>
<th>Net income<br>(US$ ml.)
</th>
<th>Total assets<br>(US$ ml.)
</th>
<th>Employees
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>2009<sup id="cite_ref-:1_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>1,484
</td>
<td>(44)
</td>
<td>1,970
</td>
<td>3,200
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2010<sup id="cite_ref-:1_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>2,093
</td>
<td>415
</td>
<td>2,157
</td>
<td>3,500
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2011<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>2,336
</td>
<td>552
</td>
<td>2,446
</td>
<td>3,500
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2012<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>2,364
</td>
<td>563
</td>
<td>2,862
</td>
<td>3,600
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2013<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>2,520
</td>
<td>552
</td>
<td>3,415
</td>
<td>4,800
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2014<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>4,269
</td>
<td>263
</td>
<td>10,491
</td>
<td>8,400
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2015<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>6,824
</td>
<td>1,364
</td>
<td>10,515
</td>
<td>8,200
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2016<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>13,240
</td>
<td>(1,739)
</td>
<td>49,966
</td>
<td>15,700
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2017<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>17,636
</td>
<td>1,692
</td>
<td>54,418
</td>
<td>14,000
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2018<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>20,848
</td>
<td>1,692
</td>
<td>50,124
</td>
<td>15,000
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2019<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>22,597
</td>
<td>2,695
</td>
<td>67,493
</td>
<td>19,000
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2020<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>23,888
</td>
<td>2,663
</td>
<td>75,933
</td>
<td>21,000
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2021<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>27,450
</td>
<td>6,437
</td>
<td>75,570
</td>
<td>20,000
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2022<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>33,203
</td>
<td>11,223
</td>
<td>73,249
</td>
<td>20,000
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2023<sup id="cite_ref-:0_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>35,819
</td>
<td>14,082
</td>
<td>72,861
</td>
<td>20,000
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2024<sup id="cite_ref-2024-10K_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024-10K-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>51,574
</td>
<td>5,895
</td>
<td>165,645
</td>
<td>37,000
</td></tr></tbody></table>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ownership">Ownership</h3></div>
<p>The 10 largest shareholders of Broadcom in early 2024 were:<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p>
<ul><li><a href="The_Vanguard_Group" title="The Vanguard Group">The Vanguard Group</a> (10.03%)</li>
<li><a href="BlackRock" title="BlackRock">BlackRock</a> (7.63%)</li>
<li><a href="Capital_World_Investors" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital World Investors">Capital World Investors</a> (4.53%)</li>
<li><a href="Capital_World_Investors" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital World Investors">Capital International Investors</a> (4.04%)</li>
<li><a href="State_Street_Corporation" title="State Street Corporation">State Street Corporation</a> (3.95%)</li>
<li><a href="Geode_Capital_Management" title="Geode Capital Management">Geode Capital Management</a> (2.12%)</li>
<li>Insiders (2.04%)</li>
<li><a href="Capital_Group_Companies" title="Capital Group Companies">Capital Research Global Investors</a> (1.98%)</li>
<li><a href="Fidelity_Investments" title="Fidelity Investments">Fidelity Investments</a> (1.94%)</li>
<li><a href="Morgan_Stanley" title="Morgan Stanley">Morgan Stanley</a> (1.52%)</li>
<li><a href="Bank_of_America" title="Bank of America">Bank of America</a> (1.46%)</li></ul>
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<p>Broadcom sells a range of semiconductor and infrastructure software applications that serve the data center (mainframes), networking, software, broadband, wireless, and storage and industrial markets.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Common applications for its products include: data center networking, home connectivity, broadband access, telecommunications equipment, smartphones, base stations, data center servers and storage, factory automation, power generation and alternative energy systems, displays, and mainframe operations and management, and application software development.
</p><p>Broadcom's core technologies and franchise products include networking devices, optical technologies, network interface controllers and data storage.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Vendors have included Broadcom <a href="Network_Interface_Controller" class="mw-redirect" title="Network Interface Controller">NICs</a> in their products. For example, select <a href="Dell" title="Dell">Dell</a> PowerEdge blade servers have Broadcom-powered Ethernet port adapters as an add-in card.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other vendors such as <a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a>, <a href="Hewlett_Packard_Enterprise" title="Hewlett Packard Enterprise">Hewlett Packard Enterprise</a>, and <a href="Raspberry_Pi" title="Raspberry Pi">Raspberry Pi</a> also use Broadcom NICs.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vulnerabilities_in_SoC_WiFi_stack">Vulnerabilities in SoC WiFi stack</h3></div>
<p>In April 2017, Google's <a href="Project_Zero_(Google)" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Zero (Google)">Project Zero</a> investigated Broadcom's <a href="System_on_a_chip" title="System on a chip">SoC</a> WiFi stack and found that it lacked "all basic exploit mitigations - including stack cookies, safe unlinking and access permission protection," allowing "full device takeover by Wi-Fi proximity alone, requiring no user interaction."<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous smartphones, such as by Apple, Samsung and Google were affected.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jericho2">Jericho2</h3></div>
<p>Jericho2 is a programmable Ethernet switch chip that has up to <span class="nowrap">10&nbsp;<a href="Terabit_per_second" class="mw-redirect" title="Terabit per second">Tbit/s</a></span> switching capacity per device.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tomahawk_3">Tomahawk 3</h3></div>
<p>Tomahawk 3 series supports high-density, standards-based 400GbE, 200GbE, and 100GbE switching and routing for hyperscale cloud networks. Broadcom divulged that it is bringing two variants of the Tomahawk-3 to market. The first can provide up to <span class="nowrap">12.8&nbsp;Tbit/s</span> total chip bandwidth and contains 256 integrated SerDes, supporting 32 ports at <span class="nowrap">400&nbsp;<a href="Gigabit_per_second" class="mw-redirect" title="Gigabit per second">Gbit/s</a></span>, 64 ports at <span class="nowrap">200&nbsp;Gbit/s</span>, and 128 ports at <span class="nowrap">100&nbsp;Gbit/s</span>. The second variant of the Tomahawk-3 has 160 of the 256 SerDes available and delivers <span class="nowrap">8&nbsp;Tbit/s</span> of aggregate bandwidth. Broadcom is suggesting 80 ports at <span class="nowrap">100&nbsp;Gbit/s</span>; or 48 ports at <span class="nowrap">100&nbsp;Gbit/s</span> plus either 8 ports at <span class="nowrap">400&nbsp;Gbit/s</span> or 16 ports at <span class="nowrap">200&nbsp;Gbit/s</span>; or 96 ports at <span class="nowrap">50&nbsp;Gbit/s</span> plus either 8 ports at <span class="nowrap">400&nbsp;Gbit/s</span> or 16 ports at <span class="nowrap">200&nbsp;Gbit/s</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tomahawk 4 reached a speed of <span class="nowrap">25.6&nbsp;Tbit/s</span> while the Tomahawk 5 has a maximum speed of <span class="nowrap">51.2&nbsp;Tbit/s</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Software">Software</h3></div>
<p>Broadcom has expanded from its original hardware base and also offers <a href="Enterprise_software" title="Enterprise software">enterprise software</a> products.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Symantec_Enterprise_Security">Symantec Enterprise Security</h4></div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Symantec_Endpoint_Protection" title="Symantec Endpoint Protection">Symantec Endpoint Protection</a></div>
<p>Broadcom operates its enterprise security business under the Symantec brand. It purchased the suite of enterprise security products from Symantec Corporation in 2019, after which Symantec Corporation changed its name to <a href="NortonLifeLock" class="mw-redirect" title="NortonLifeLock">NortonLifeLock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="BizOps_technology">BizOps technology</h4></div>
<p>Broadcom also offers products for supporting BizOps, including:<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li>Clarity – product portfolio management</li>
<li>Rally – agile development</li>
<li>Blaze CT – <a href="Shift-left_testing" title="Shift-left testing">Shift-left testing</a></li>
<li>DX Operational Intelligence – AIOps</li>
<li>Agile Requirements Designer – model-based testing optimization of processes</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<li><a href="AMD" title="AMD">AMD</a></li>
<li><a href="Airbnb" title="Airbnb">Airbnb</a></li>
<li><a href="Alphabet_Inc." title="Alphabet Inc.">Alphabet</a></li>
<li><a href="Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a></li>
<li><a href="American_Electric_Power" title="American Electric Power">AEP</a></li>
<li><a href="Amgen" title="Amgen">Amgen</a></li>
<li><a href="Analog_Devices" title="Analog Devices">Analog Devices</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a></li>
<li><a href="Applied_Materials" title="Applied Materials">Applied Materials</a></li>
<li><a href="AppLovin" title="AppLovin">AppLovin</a></li>
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<li><a href="AstraZeneca" title="AstraZeneca">AstraZeneca</a></li>
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<li><a href="Axon_Enterprise" title="Axon Enterprise">Axon</a></li>
<li><a href="Baker_Hughes" title="Baker Hughes">Baker Hughes</a></li>
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<li><a href="Cadence_Design_Systems" title="Cadence Design Systems">Cadence</a></li>
<li><a href="CDW" title="CDW">CDW</a></li>
<li><a href="Charter_Communications" title="Charter Communications">Charter Communications</a></li>
<li><a href="Cintas" title="Cintas">Cintas</a></li>
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<li><a href="Coca-Cola_Europacific_Partners" title="Coca-Cola Europacific Partners">Coca-Cola Europacific Partners</a></li>
<li><a href="Cognizant" title="Cognizant">Cognizant</a></li>
<li><a href="Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a></li>
<li><a href="Constellation_Energy" title="Constellation Energy">Constellation Energy</a></li>
<li><a href="Copart" title="Copart">Copart</a></li>
<li><a href="CoStar_Group" title="CoStar Group">CoStar</a></li>
<li><a href="Costco" title="Costco">Costco</a></li>
<li><a href="CrowdStrike" title="CrowdStrike">CrowdStrike</a></li>
<li><a href="CSX_Corporation" title="CSX Corporation">CSX</a></li>
<li><a href="Datadog" title="Datadog">Datadog</a></li>
<li><a href="Dexcom" title="Dexcom">Dexcom</a></li>
<li><a href="Diamondback_Energy" title="Diamondback Energy">Diamondback Energy</a></li>
<li><a href="DoorDash" title="DoorDash">DoorDash</a></li>
<li><a href="Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a></li>
<li><a href="Exelon" title="Exelon">Exelon</a></li>
<li><a href="Fastenal" title="Fastenal">Fastenal</a></li>
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<li><a href="GE_HealthCare" title="GE HealthCare">GE HealthCare</a></li>
<li><a href="Gilead_Sciences" title="Gilead Sciences">Gilead</a></li>
<li><a href="GlobalFoundries" title="GlobalFoundries">GlobalFoundries</a></li>
<li><a href="Honeywell" title="Honeywell">Honeywell</a></li>
<li><a href="Idexx_Laboratories" title="Idexx Laboratories">Idexx Laboratories</a></li>
<li><a href="Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a></li>
<li><a href="Intuit" title="Intuit">Intuit</a></li>
<li><a href="Intuitive_Surgical" title="Intuitive Surgical">Intuitive Surgical</a></li>
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<li><a href="Marvell_Technology" title="Marvell Technology">Marvell</a></li>
<li><a href="Mercado_Libre" title="Mercado Libre">Mercado Libre</a></li>
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<li><a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></li>
<li><a href="MicroStrategy" title="MicroStrategy">MicroStrategy</a></li>
<li><a href="Mondelez_International" title="Mondelez International">Mondelez International</a></li>
<li><a href="Monster_Beverage" title="Monster Beverage">Monster Beverage</a></li>
<li><a href="Netflix%2C_Inc." title="Netflix, Inc.">Netflix</a></li>
<li><a href="Nvidia" title="Nvidia">Nvidia</a></li>
<li><a href="NXP_Semiconductors" title="NXP Semiconductors">NXP</a></li>
<li><a href="O'Reilly_Auto_Parts" title="O'Reilly Auto Parts">O'Reilly Auto Parts</a></li>
<li><a href="Old_Dominion_Freight_Line" title="Old Dominion Freight Line">Old Dominion</a></li>
<li><a href="Onsemi" title="Onsemi">onsemi</a></li>
<li><a href="Paccar" title="Paccar">Paccar</a></li>
<li><a href="Palantir_Technologies" title="Palantir Technologies">Palantir</a></li>
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<li><a href="Paychex" title="Paychex">Paychex</a></li>
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<li><a href="Pinduoduo" title="Pinduoduo">PDD Holdings</a></li>
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<li><a href="Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a></li>
<li><a href="Regeneron_Pharmaceuticals" title="Regeneron Pharmaceuticals">Regeneron</a></li>
<li><a href="Roper_Technologies" title="Roper Technologies">Roper Technologies</a></li>
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<li><a href="Vertex_Pharmaceuticals" title="Vertex Pharmaceuticals">Vertex</a></li>
<li><a href="Warner_Bros._Discovery" title="Warner Bros. Discovery">Warner Bros. Discovery</a></li>
<li><a href="Workday%2C_Inc." title="Workday, Inc.">Workday</a></li>
<li><a href="Xcel_Energy" title="Xcel Energy">Xcel Energy</a></li>
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<li><a href="Kingston_Technology" title="Kingston Technology">Kingston</a></li>
<li><a href="Kimball_International" title="Kimball International">Kimball</a></li>
<li><a href="Koss_Corporation" title="Koss Corporation">Koss</a></li>
<li><a href="Lexmark" title="Lexmark">Lexmark</a></li>
<li><a href="Logitech" title="Logitech">Logitech</a></li>
<li><a href="Magnavox" title="Magnavox">Magnavox</a></li>
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<li><a href="Seiki_Digital" title="Seiki Digital">Seiki Digital</a></li>
<li><a href="Skullcandy" title="Skullcandy">Skullcandy</a></li>
<li><a href="Turtle_Beach_Corporation" title="Turtle Beach Corporation">Turtle Beach</a></li>
<li><a href="ViewSonic" title="ViewSonic">ViewSonic</a></li>
<li><a href="Vizio" title="Vizio">Vizio</a></li>
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<li><a href="Westinghouse_Electronics" title="Westinghouse Electronics">Westinghouse Electronics</a></li>
<li><a href="Xerox" title="Xerox">Xerox</a></li></ul>
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<li><a href="Achronix" title="Achronix">Achronix</a></li>
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<li><a href="Applied_Materials" title="Applied Materials">Applied Materials</a></li>
<li><a href="Altera" title="Altera">Altera</a></li>
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<li><a href="Cirque_Corporation" title="Cirque Corporation">Cirque</a></li>
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<li><a href="Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a></li>
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<li><a href="Marvell_Technology" title="Marvell Technology">Marvell Technology</a></li>
<li><a href="Microchip_Technology" title="Microchip Technology">Microchip</a> (<a href="Atmel" title="Atmel">Atmel</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Micron_Technology" title="Micron Technology">Micron</a></li>
<li><a href="NetApp" title="NetApp">NetApp</a></li>
<li><a href="Nimbus_Data" title="Nimbus Data">Nimbus Data</a></li>
<li><a href="Nvidia" title="Nvidia">Nvidia</a>
<ul><li><a href="Mellanox_Technologies" title="Mellanox Technologies">Mellanox</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="NXP_Semiconductors" title="NXP Semiconductors">NXP</a></li>
<li><a href="Onsemi" title="Onsemi">onsemi</a></li>
<li><a href="Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a></li>
<li><a href="Silicon_Image" title="Silicon Image">Silicon Image</a></li>
<li><a href="Synaptics" title="Synaptics">Synaptics</a></li>
<li><a href="Tabula_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabula (company)">Tabula</a></li>
<li><a href="Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments">Texas Instruments</a></li>
<li><a href="Xilinx" title="Xilinx">Xilinx</a></li>
<li><a href="Zilog" title="Zilog">Zilog</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Mobile_device" title="Mobile device">Mobile devices</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a></li>
<li><a href="BLU_Products" title="BLU Products">BLU</a></li>
<li><a href="Google" title="Google">Google</a></li>
<li><a href="Lenovo" title="Lenovo">Lenovo</a> (<a href="Motorola_Mobility" title="Motorola Mobility">Motorola Mobility</a>)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Cadence_Design_Systems" title="Cadence Design Systems">Cadence Design Systems</a></li>
<li><a href="Cray" title="Cray">Cray</a></li>
<li><a href="General_Electric" title="General Electric">GE</a>
<ul><li><a href="RCA_(trademark)" title="RCA (trademark)">RCA</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Oracle_Corporation" title="Oracle Corporation">Oracle Corporation</a></li>
<li><a href="Synopsys" title="Synopsys">Synopsys</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Actel" title="Actel">Actel</a></li>
<li><a href="Atari_Corporation" title="Atari Corporation">Atari Corporation</a></li>
<li><a href="Commodore_International" title="Commodore International">Commodore</a></li>
<li><a href="Compaq" title="Compaq">Compaq</a></li>
<li><a href="Fairchild_Semiconductor" title="Fairchild Semiconductor">Fairchild</a></li>
<li><a href="Freescale_Semiconductor" title="Freescale Semiconductor">Freescale</a></li>
<li><a href="HGST" title="HGST">HGST</a></li>
<li><a href="LSI_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="LSI Corporation">LSI</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsemi" title="Microsemi">Microsemi</a></li>
<li><a href="National_Semiconductor" title="National Semiconductor">National Semiconductor</a></li>
<li><a href="Palm_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Palm Inc">Palm</a></li>
<li><a href="Philco" title="Philco">Philco</a></li>
<li><a href="RCA" title="RCA">RCA</a></li>
<li><a href="Signetics" title="Signetics">Signetics</a></li>
<li><a href="Silicon_Graphics" title="Silicon Graphics">Silicon Graphics</a></li>
<li><a href="Solectron" title="Solectron">Solectron</a></li>
<li><a href="Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a></li>
<li><a href="Zenith_Electronics" title="Zenith Electronics">Zenith Electronics</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><i>Note = "major" equates to companies with an annual revenue of over US$3 billion, past or present</i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Integrated_device_manufacturer" title="Integrated device manufacturer">IDM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Analog_Devices" title="Analog Devices">Analog Devices</a></li>
<li><a href="Fujitsu" title="Fujitsu">Fujitsu</a></li>
<li><a href="Infineon_Technologies" title="Infineon Technologies">Infineon</a></li>
<li><a href="Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a></li>
<li><a href="Kioxia" title="Kioxia">Kioxia</a></li>
<li><a href="Microchip_Technology" title="Microchip Technology">Microchip</a></li>
<li><a href="Micron_Technology" title="Micron Technology">Micron</a></li>
<li><a href="NXP_Semiconductors" title="NXP Semiconductors">NXP</a></li>
<li><a href="Onsemi" title="Onsemi">onsemi</a></li>
<li><a href="Qorvo" title="Qorvo">Qorvo</a></li>
<li><a href="Renesas_Electronics" title="Renesas Electronics">Renesas</a></li>
<li><a href="Samsung_Electronics" title="Samsung Electronics">Samsung</a></li>
<li><a href="SK_Hynix" title="SK Hynix">SK Hynix</a></li>
<li><a href="STMicroelectronics" title="STMicroelectronics">STMicroelectronics</a></li>
<li><a href="Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments">Texas Instruments</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Fabless_manufacturing" title="Fabless manufacturing">Fabless</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="AMD" title="AMD">AMD</a></li>
<li><a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a></li>
<li><a href="Arm_Holdings" title="Arm Holdings">Arm</a></li>

<li><a href="Marvell_Technology" title="Marvell Technology">Marvell</a></li>
<li><a href="MediaTek" title="MediaTek">MediaTek</a></li>
<li><a href="Nvidia" title="Nvidia">Nvidia</a></li>
<li><a href="Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a></li>
<li><a href="Skyworks_Solutions" title="Skyworks Solutions">Skyworks Solutions</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Foundry_model" title="Foundry model">Foundry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="GlobalFoundries" title="GlobalFoundries">GlobalFoundries</a></li>
<li><a href="Samsung_Electronics#Semiconductors" title="Samsung Electronics">Samsung Foundry</a></li>
<li><a href="Semiconductor_Manufacturing_International_Corporation" title="Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation">SMIC</a></li>
<li><a href="TSMC" title="TSMC">TSMC</a></li>
<li><a href="United_Microelectronics_Corporation" title="United Microelectronics Corporation">UMC</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Semiconductor_consolidation" title="Semiconductor consolidation">OSAT</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Amkor_Technology" title="Amkor Technology">Amkor Technology</a></li>
<li><a href="ASE_Group" title="ASE Group">ASE</a></li>
<li><a href="JCET_(company)" title="JCET (company)">JCET</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Applied_Materials" title="Applied Materials">Applied Materials</a></li>
<li><a href="ASML_Holding" title="ASML Holding">ASML</a></li>
<li><a href="KLA_Corporation" title="KLA Corporation">KLA</a></li>
<li><a href="Lam_Research" title="Lam Research">Lam Research</a></li>
<li><a href="Tokyo_Electron" title="Tokyo Electron">Tokyo Electron</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Software</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Cadence_Design_Systems" title="Cadence Design Systems">Cadence</a></li>
<li><a href="Synopsys" title="Synopsys">Synopsys</a></li></ul>
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