Broadcom

Broadcom is a US technology group headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and listed on Nasdaq as AVGO. It designs and supplies chips alongside enterprise software and security products, and reports its business in two segments: semiconductor solutions and infrastructure software. Its customers are enterprises and equipment makers with demanding, mission-critical workloads.

Services

• Networking chips: Ethernet switching and routing silicon, network adapters, controllers and PHYs used in data centres.
• Broadband and wireless chips: DSL, passive optical and cable modem parts plus chips for TV receiver boxes, plus FBAR filters and connectivity chips for handsets and access points.
• Storage products: controllers for hard disks and solid-state drives, server storage, and Fibre Channel, SAS and SATA connectivity.
• Custom silicon: application-specific chips built to a customer's own design, drawing on more than three decades of ASIC work.
• Infrastructure software: five portfolios: Private Cloud led by VMware Cloud Foundation, Mainframe Software from the former CA range, Cybersecurity including Symantec, Enterprise Software, and FC SAN Management.

Who it works with

Large enterprises running mainframe, distributed, edge and private or hybrid cloud systems, and manufacturers building networking, broadband, wireless and storage equipment.

Key facts

• Based in: Palo Alto, California, United States
• Listing: Nasdaq, ticker AVGO
• Segments: semiconductor solutions and infrastructure software