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Broadcom


Company name	Broadcom Corporation
Company type	Public
Industry	Semiconductors Electronics
Founded	August 1991
Founder(s)	Henry Nicholas Henry Samueli
Headquarters	Irvine, California, U.S.
Key people	Scott A. McGregor (President & CEO) Henry Samueli (CTO)
Products	Integrated Circuits Cable Converter Boxes Gigabit Ethernet Wireless networks Cable modems Mobile communications Network Switches Digital Subscriber Line Server farms Processors Bluetooth VoIP Near Field Communication GPS Metropolitan Area Network
Revenue	(+) US$ 6.818 billion (2010)
Operating income	(+) US$ 1.082 billion (2010)
Net income	(+) US$ 1.082 billion (2010)
Total assets	(+) US$ 7.944 billion (2010)
Total equity	(+) US$ 5.826 billion (2010)
Employees	11,481 (Q3 2011)

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Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) at Los Angeles, California in 1991. In 1995, the company moved from its Westwood, California, office to Irvine, California.

In 1998, Broadcom became a public company on the NASDAQ exchange (ticker symbol: BRCM) and now employs approximately 9,450 people worldwide in more than 15 countries.

Broadcom is among Gartner's Top 10 Semiconductor Vendors by revenue. In 2010, Broadcom's total revenue was $6.82 billion. In 2011, Broadcom was No. 343 on the Fortune 500, climbing 117 places from its 2010 ranking of No. 460. Broadcom first landed on the Fortune 500 in 2009.

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