Broadcom Inc.

Broadcom Inc. is an American multinational technology company founded in 1991 that designs, develops and supplies semiconductors, enterprise software and security solutions. Its products power mission-critical computing environments for large global enterprises, spanning data centres, networking, broadband, wireless, storage and industrial markets. The company has a market capitalisation exceeding $1 trillion.

Its business divides into two broad areas. The semiconductor arm produces chips and silicon solutions for data centre, networking, broadband, wireless, storage and industrial customers. The infrastructure software arm supplies enterprise software for complex, mission-critical computing environments. Three acquisitions have expanded this side of the business: VMware in multi-cloud platforms, the enterprise security business of Symantec in cybersecurity, and CA Technologies in enterprise software.

Technical work at Broadcom covers semiconductor design and development, enterprise and infrastructure software, cybersecurity, multi-cloud ecosystems, networking, broadband, wireless and storage technology, as well as artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced computing workloads. The company states that it positions itself at the forefront of AI, ML and advanced computing technologies.

Broadcom describes its culture as oriented towards long-term research and development and strategic innovation, with growth pursued through strategic acquisitions. It operates globally, serving the largest global enterprises from its American base.