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What is Broadcom?

Broadcom is a semiconductor device designer, developer, and supplier.

What are the products or services of Broadcom?

Set-top box system-on-chips (SoCs)

These integrated circuits combine system onto a single chip.

• Cable, digital subscriber line (DSL), and passive optical networking central office/consumer premise equipment (CO/CPE) SoCs
• Telecommunications companies use these SoCs to provide internet access through cable modems, DSL modems, and passive optical networking equipment.
• Wireless local area network (WLAN) access point SoCs
• Wireless access points use these SoCs to allow devices to connect to a wireless network.

Ethernet switching and routing custom silicon solutions

• Companies design these custom solutions for use in network switches and routers.
• Embedded processors and controllers
• Companies integrate microprocessors and microcontrollers into other electronic devices, such as consumer electronics or industrial automation equipment.
• Serializer/deserializer application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs)
• ASICs convert data between serial and parallel formats, enabling data to be transmitted over long distances or between different types of networks.
• Optical and copper, and physical layer devices
• Companies use devices that include transceivers and other components to transmit data over optical and copper cables, as well as other components used at the physical layer of networking.

Fiber optic components and RF semiconductor devices

These components include lasers, photodetectors, and other components used in fiber optic communication, as well as semiconductors used in radio frequency (RF) communication.

• RF front-end modules and filters
• These modules are used to amplify and filter signals in RF communication systems.
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and global positioning system/global navigation satellite system (GPS/GNSS) SoCs
• Custom touch controllers
• Manufacturers use these controllers in touchscreens to enable users to interact with electronic devices through touch gestures.
• Inductive charging
• Wireless charging technology uses magnetic fields to transfer power, enabling devices to be charged without the need for wires.
• Attached small computer system interface (SCSI) and a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controllers and adapters, these controllers and adapters enable the functioning of data storage systems.

Peripheral component interconnects Express (PCIe)

• Various components inside a computer use the high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard to connect.
•  Fiber channel host bus adapters (HBAs).
• Companies use these adapters to connect servers and storage devices over fiber channel networks.
• Read channel-based SoCs.
• These adapters connect servers and storage devices over fiber channel networks.
• Custom flash controllers.
• Flash memory storage devices use these controllers.
• Preamplifiers.
• Electronic amplifiers.
• Optocouplers, industrial fiber optics, and motion control encoders and subsystems.
• Industrial automation and control systems use these components.
• Light emitting diode (LED), Ethernet PHYs, switch ICs, and camera microcontrollers.
• Various electronic devices use these components, including LED lighting, Ethernet networking equipment, switches, and cameras.

History

Broadcom was incorporated in 2018