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PublicNASDAQ:BRCM
Date4/98
Raised
Post IPO Valuation

General Information

Websitebroadcom.com
CategoryMobile/Wireless
Phone949-926-5000
Employees7,400
Founded1991
Descriptionsemiconductors for wired and wireless

Offices

HQ
5300 California Avenue Buildings 1-8
Irvine, CA, 92617
USA

Former People

Deputy General Counsel
VP Assitant GM
CTO
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Acquisitions

Total$4.94B
BroadLight, 3/12 $195M
NetLogic Microsystems, 9/11 $3.7B
SCsquare, 5/11
Provigent, 3/11 $313M
Gigle Networks, 11/10 $75M
Percello, 10/10
Beceem Communications, 10/10 $316M
Innovision Research & Technology, 6/10
Teknovus, 3/10 $123M
DuneNetworks, 11/09 $178M
Ocatalica, 5/07 $35M

Investments

Tilera 3/10
Tilera 3/10
BroadLight 9/07
BroadLight 11/05

Tags

Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation engages in the design, development, and supply of semiconductors for wired and wireless communications equipment manufacturers. The company’s products enable the delivery of voice, video, data, and multimedia to and throughout the home, office, and mobile environment. It provides a portfolio of system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices.

Broadcom Corporation was founded in 1991.

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Stock Price

Sources

  1. Broadcom To Buy Fiber Access Chip Maker BroadLight For $195M (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
  2. Broadcom Buys Chipmaking Technology Company Netlogic For $3.7 Billion (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Broadcom Acquires Security Software Developer SC Square For $42 Million (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
  4. Broadcom To Acquire Provigent For $313 Mln (rttnews.com) [edit]
  5. Broadcom to buy home networking firm Gigle Networks for more than $75M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  6. Broadcom Corporation To Acquire Percello Ltd. (voip-routers.tmcnet.com) [edit]
  7. Broadcom aims for LTE and WiMax 4G with $316M Beceem acquisition (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  8. Broadcom Announces Intention to Acquire Innovision Research & Technology PLC (broadcom.com) [edit]
  9. PR Newswire (prnewswire.com) [edit]
  10. Broadcom buys Dune Networks for $178M to make insanely fast networking chips (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  11. Alarm:Clock (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  12. Tilera Closes C-Round Financing With $25 Million (freshnews.com) [edit]
  13. press release (marketwire.com) [edit]
  14. BroadLight, optical communications co, raises $12M more. (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  15. BroadLight Closes $10 Million Series D Financing Led by Motorola (broadlight.com) [edit]
  16. Broadcom To Pay $316M For 4G Chip Maker Beceem Communications (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
    Broadcom Raises the Bar for CNA Technology (networkcomputing.com) [edit]
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