Avago
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Formerly called
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Avago Technologies (1961–2016) |
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NASDAQ: AVGO NASDAQ-100 Component S&P 500 Component |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Headquarters | Singapore, headquarters in Singapore and San Jose, California |
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Key people
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Hock E. Tan, CEO |
| Products | Digital and Analog Semiconductors |
| Revenue | US$13.24 billion |
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Number of employees
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15,700 |
| Subsidiaries | Broadcom |
| Website | www |
Broadcom Limited (formerly Avago Technologies) is an American designer, developer and global supplier of products based on analog and digital semiconductor technologies within four primary markets: wired infrastructure, wireless communications, enterprise storage and industrial & others.
Hock Tan is the company's president and CEO. The company is incorporated in Singapore, and is co-headquartered in San Jose, California and Singapore. Avago took the Broadcom part of the Broadcom Corporation name after acquiring it in January 2016. The ticker symbol AVGO that represented old Avago now represents the new merged entity. The Broadcom Corporation ticker symbol BRCM was retired.
The company was founded in 1961 as a semiconductor products division of Hewlett-Packard. The division separated from Hewlett-Packard as part of Agilent Technologies in 1999.KKR and Silver Lake Partners acquired the division of Agilent Technologies in 2005 for $2.6 billion and formed Avago Technologies. Avago Technologies agreed to sell its I/O solutions unit to PMC-Sierra for $42.5 million in October 2005. In August 2008, the company filed an initial public offering of $400 million. In October 2008, Avago Technologies acquired Infineon Technologies' Munich-based bulk acoustic wave business for €21.5 million. In 2009, Avago Technologies went public on NASDAQ with the ticker symbol AVGO. Avago Technologies announced its agreement to acquire CyOptics, an optical chip and component supplier, for $400 million in April 2013. The acquisition aimed to expand Avago Technologies' fiber optics product portfolio. In October 2013, Avago Technologies invested $5 million in Amantys, power electronics technology provider, as part of a strategic investment agreement between the two companies. Avago Technologies announced its agreement to acquire LSI Corporation in December 2013 for $6.6 billion. The acquisition helped move Avago Technologies away from specialized products and towards a more mainstream industry, which included chips, especially storage for data centers.
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