Acquisitions
In September 2011, Broadcom bought NetLogic Microsystems for a $3.7 billion deal in cash, excluding around $450 million of NetLogic employee shareholdings, which will transfer to Broadcom.
Besides a big deal above, through the years, Broadcom has acquired many smaller companies to quickly enter new markets.
| Date | Acquired company | Amount | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Maverick Networks | $104M in Stock | Multi-layer switches for corporate networks |
| April 1999 | Epigram | $316M in stock | Home networking using telephone wiring |
| June 1999 | Armedia Inc. | $67.2M in stock | Digital Video Decoders |
| August 1999 | HotHaus Technologies | $280M in stock | DSP software for VOIP |
| August 1999 | Altocom | $180M in stock | Software modem software |
| January 2000 | BlueSteel Networks | $123M in stock | Security processors |
| March 2000 | Digital Furnace Corp | $136M in stock | Data compression software |
| March 2000 | Stellar Semiconductor | $162M in stock | 3D graphics processors |
| June 2000 | Pivotal Technologies | $242M in stock | Digital video chips |
| July 2000 | Innovent Systems | $500M in stock | Bluetooth radios |
| August 2000 | Puyallup Integrated Circuit Company | IC design and IC macro blocks | |
| July 2000 | Altima Communications | $533M in stock | Networking chips |
| October 2000 | Newport Communications | $1240M in stock | 10Gbit Ethernet transceivers |
| October 2000 | Silicon Spice | $1000M in stock | DSP chips for VOIP |
| November 2000 | Element 14 | $594M in stock | DSL chipsets |
| December 2000 | Allayer Communications | $271M in stock | Enterprise and optical networking chips |
| December 2000 | Sibyte | $2000M in stock | Broadband microprocessors |
| January 2001 | VisionTech, Ltd. | $777M in stock | MPEG-2 compression/decompression of PVRs |
| January 2001 | ServerWorks Corp. | $1003M in stock | I/O controllers for servers and workstations |
| July 2001 | PortaTec Corporation | Mobile devices | |
| July 2001 | Kimalink | Wireless and mobile ICs | |
| May 2002 | Mobilink Telecom, Inc. | $5.6M shares of stock | Baseband processors for cellphones |
| March 2003 | Gadzoox Networks | $5.8M in cash | Storage-area networks |
| January 2004 | RAIDCore, Inc. | $16.5M in cash | RAID software |
| April 2004 | M-Stream Inc. | $8.7M in cash and 27000 shares of stock | Technology to improve wireless reception |
| April 2004 | Sand Video, Inc. | $77.5M in stock and $7.4M in cash | Video compression technology |
| April 2004 | WIDCOMM, Inc. | $49M in cash | Software for Bluetooth systems |
| April 2004 | Zyray Wireless, Inc. | $96M in stock | Baseband processors for WCDMA |
| September 2004 | Alphamosaic, Ltd. | $123M in stock | Video processors for mobile devices |
| February 2005 | Alliant Networks, Inc. | Cellular gateway products | |
| March 2005 | Zeevo, Inc. | $26.4M in cash and $2.6M in stock | Bluetooth headset products |
| July 2005 | Siliquent Technologies, Inc. | $76M in cash | 10Gbit Ethernet interface controllers |
| October 2005 | Athena Semiconductors, Inc. | $21.6M in cash | Digital TV tuners and Wifi technology |
| January 2006 | Sandburst Corporation | $75M in cash and $5M in stock | SOC chips for Ethernet packet switching |
| November 2006 | LVL7 Systems, Inc. | $62M in cash | Networking software |
| May 2007 | Octalica, Inc. | $31M in cash | Multimedia Over Coax technology |
| June 2007 | Global Locate, Inc. | $146M in cash | GPS chips and software |
| March 2008 | Sunext Design, Inc. | $48M in cash | Optical disk drive technologies |
| August 2008 | AMD (DTV Processor Division) | $141.5M in cash (Original deal was $192.8M) | Xilleon DTV processor chips, software and TV tuners |
| December 2009 | Dune Networks | $178M in cash | High speed network switches |
| February 2010 | Teknovus | $123M in cash | Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) chipsets and software |
| June 2010 | Innovision Research & Technology plc | $47.5M in cash | Near field communication expertise and IP |
| October 2010 | Beceem Communications | $316M in cash | 4G LTE/WiMax expertise |
| November 2010 | Gigle Networks | $75M in cash | Multimedia home networking |
| April 2011 | Provigent Ltd. | $313M in cash | Microwave Backhaul |
| May 2011 | SC Square Ltd. | $41.9M in cash | Israel-based security software developer |
| September 2011 | NetLogic Microsystems | $3.7 billion | Next-generation Internet networks |
| March 2012 | BroadLight | $230M in cash | Israel-based fiber access PON developer |
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