- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, United States · North America
- Value chain
- Design(Research & design); also Software & platforms
- What that means
- Designs products others make: fabless chip design, reference designs, architectures and IP cores.
- Founded
- 1961
- Staff
- 37,000 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- Nasdaq:AVGO on Google Finance
- Website
- broadcom.com
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in High-Performance & AI Computing
Palo Alto, United StatesIn 5 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- High-Performance & AI ComputingVery high
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Design · listed #5 of 50
Co-designs custom AI accelerators (Google TPU and other hyperscaler XPUs) and supplies Tomahawk/Jericho Ethernet switching for AI clusters.
Relevance: Leading custom AI accelerator co-designer
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies · Design · listed #4 of 50
Supplies VCSEL/EML lasers, PAM4 optical DSPs and co-packaged optics (Bailly/Tomahawk CPO) for AI data-centre interconnect.
Relevance: Key supplier of lasers, optical DSPs and co-packaged optics
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Design · listed #7 of 50
Fabless leader in networking, switching and custom AI ASICs (XPUs) for hyperscalers such as Google's TPU.
Relevance: Major fabless designer of networking and custom AI ASICs
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies · Design · listed #11 of 50
Leading supplier of Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth chips and FBAR RF filters used in flagship 5G smartphones.
Relevance: Leading Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and RF filter supplier
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies · Design · listed #14 of 50
Owns the Symantec enterprise security portfolio (endpoint, DLP, secure web gateway) and VMware Carbon Black, a major installed base in large enterprises.
Relevance: Large legacy Symantec installed base