Broadcom Corporation

Foundation Year

• 1991

Founders

• Henry Samueli
• Henry T. Nicholas III

Taglines

• Connecting Everything

Logos:

    

  

Did you know that the first logo of Broadcom was designed by Henry Nicholas' wife, Stacey in 1994.

Ticker Symbol

• NASDAQ - BRCM 

Insight On Company Name Businesses

• Broadcom Corporation is a leading provider of semiconductors for wired and wireless communication. The company's products / business are concentrated in the area of Broadband Communications, Mobile and Wireless, Network Infrastructure. These products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. 
• Below are some of the Broadcom's key products and leading customers - 
• Broadband Communications:
• Products - Cable, Satellite, Terrestrial and IPSTB; cable, PON and xDSL gateways; Digital TV solutions; Blue-ray Disc players and recorders; CMTS and DSLAM chipset solutions. 
• Customers - Cisco, Echostar, Motorola, Pace, Thomson, Samsung.
• Enterprise Networking:
• Products - Broadband and security processor; Advanced Gb and 10 GbE controllers; Metro / enterprise / SMB switching; NAS and RAID storage controllers; PHYs and Optical transceivers; Server I/O chipsets.
• Customers - Alcatel-Lucent; Cisco, Dell, HP, Huawei3g.
• Wireless Connectivity:
• Products - 802.11 a/b/g/n WLAN client and access points; Bluetooth systems and software; GPS; Wireless combination solutions; IP telephony devices; Touch screen controller solutions.
• Customers - Apple, Dell, HP, Nintendo, Samsung.
• Mobile Platforms:
• Products - HSxPA/WCDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM cellular SoCs and baseband; Mobile multimedia and application processors; Multi-band, multi-mode RF transceivers; Power management solutions; Production-ready reference designs and software.
• Customers - Samsung and Nokia.

Some of the facts

• The company was first started as Broadband Telecom and later in 1994, it was renamed as Broadcom.
• In less then two decades, the company gained a global recognition and received about 38 awards. You can find the Award details at http://www.broadcom.com/company/industry_awards.php
• One of the interesting fact is that Henry Samueli and Henry Nicholas shared a professor - student relationship. Yes, Henry Nicholas was a student of professor Henry Samueli in UCLA.
• Henry Samueli is named to the National Academy of Engineering for his pioneering contributions to academic research and technology entrepreneurship in the development of semiconductors for use in broadband communications.
• The schools of engineering at UCLA and UC Irvine are named after him, as Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and The Henry Samueli School of Engineering respectively.

You can get more information about the company from Broadcom.