Broadcom Inc. AVGO

Company Overview

Broadcom Inc. is a global technology company that designs, develops, and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions for enterprise, cloud, telecommunications, broadband, industrial, and consumer markets. The company operates primarily in the semiconductor and enterprise infrastructure software industries, with revenue driven by networking chips, custom AI accelerators, broadband and wireless connectivity products, storage solutions, cybersecurity software, virtualization platforms, and mainframe infrastructure software. Broadcom serves hyperscale cloud providers, telecommunications operators, enterprise IT organizations, OEMs, and government-related customers across multiple industries.

Broadcom’s principal business lines include semiconductor solutions and infrastructure software. Its semiconductor portfolio includes networking ASICs, Ethernet switching and routing chips, Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth connectivity products, RF front-end modules, broadband access chips, optical components, and custom accelerators used in artificial intelligence data centers. The infrastructure software portfolio includes virtualization, cybersecurity, application networking, and enterprise mainframe software platforms. Broadcom traces its origins to the 1961 founding of Hewlett-Packard’s semiconductor business and later Avago Technologies, which was formed from Agilent Technologies’ semiconductor operations and acquired by private equity investors in 2005. Avago Technologies acquired Broadcom Corporation in 2016 and adopted the Broadcom name, later expanding through major acquisitions including CA Technologies in 2018, the enterprise security business of Symantec in 2019, and VMware in 2023.