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Also known as Avago Technologies, Agilent Semiconductor Products Group, HP Associates

Broadcom Inc. is an American multinational designer, developer, manufacturer, and global supplier of a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software products. Broadcom's product offerings serve the data center, networking, software, broadband, wireless, storage, and industrial markets. As of 2025—amid the AI boom—Broadcom is one of the largest companies globally, and could be considered part of the Big Tech group and the Magnificent Seven, replacing Tesla.

Key facts

Company.name
Broadcom Inc.
Company.logo
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Company.image
Broadcom Headquarters San Jose.jpg
Company.image_upright
1.2
Company.image_caption
Former headquarters in North San Jose
Company.type
Public
Company.key_people
Henry Samueli (chairman)Hock Tan (president and CEO)
Company.revenue
(2025)
Company.operating_income
(2025)
Company.net_income
(2025)
Company.assets
(2025)
Company.equity
(2025)
Company.num_employees
33,000 (2025)
Company.subsid
VMware
Company.hq_location
Stanford Research Park
Company.hq_location_city
Palo Alto, California
Company.hq_location_country
U.S.

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Company

AVGO
Industry
Semiconductors & Related Devices
Exchange
Nasdaq
Entity type
operating
Latest filing
8-K · 2026-06-03

via SEC EDGAR

Research organization · ROR

Type
Company, Funder
Founded
1961
Location
San Jose, United States
Also known as
Avago Technologies
Status
Active

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Official website

Broadcom Inc. | Connecting Everything

Broadcom delivers semiconductors and infrastructure software for global enterprises’ most complex, mission-critical needs.

broadcom.com

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Broadcom Inc.
Employees
20000
Revenue
35819000000
Official website
www.broadcom.com
Image
Broadcom Headquarters San Jose.jpg
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inception
1961-00-00
social media followers
7600
IPv4 routing prefix
135.142.0.0/16
total assets
72861000000
total equity
23988000000
net profit
14082000000
operating income
16207000000
Commons category
Broadcom
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22 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Origin in Hewlett-Packard
  • Formation of Avago Technologies
  • Acquisition of and change of name to Broadcom Limited
  • Foreign investment reviews and change of name to Broadcom Inc.
  • Move into software
  • Anti-competitive practices investigations
  • Patent suits
  • 2020s
  • Corporate affairs
  • Finances
  • Ownership
  • Products
  • {{anchor|soc-wifi-vulns}}Vulnerabilities in SoC WiFi stack
  • Jericho2
  • Tomahawk 3
  • Software
  • Symantec Enterprise Security
  • BizOps technology
  • XPU
  • References
  • External links

Broadcom Inc. is an American multinational designer, developer, manufacturer, and global supplier of a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software products. Broadcom's product offerings serve the data center, networking, software, broadband, wireless, storage, and industrial markets. As of 2025—amid the AI boom—Broadcom is one of the largest companies globally, and could be considered part of the Big Tech group and the Magnificent Seven, replacing Tesla.

In December 2024, Broadcom became the 12th company to surpass a $1 trillion market cap. As of 2025, some 58% of Broadcom's revenue came from its semiconductor-based products and 42% from its infrastructure software products and services.

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