broadcom Components

Broadcom was founded in 1991 by Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III and Dr. Henry Samueli. The current President, CEO and Member of the Board of Directors is Scott A. McGregor. Broadcom provides worldwide employment to approximately 9,690 individuals. In 2011 their total revenue was $1.96 billion dollars. They have an extensive range of semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless broadband communications. Products include transceiver and processor ICs for Ethernet and wireless LANs cable modems, digital subscriber line (DSL), servers, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and W-CDMA. They also produce ICs for carrier access equipment, Wi-Fi transceivers, and RF receivers/tuners for satellite TV. Broadcom trades on NASDAQ under BRCM. In September 2011, Broadcom bought NetLogic Microsystems for a $3.7 billion deal in cash, excluding around $450 million of Net Logic employee shareholdings, which will transfer to Broadcom.