Broadcom

Infrastructure chip company

Broadcom is an American technology company that designs and manufactures semiconductor and infrastructure software products.

It produces chips used in smartphones, data centers, networking equipment, and broadband communications.

Through aggressive acquisitions, Broadcom has grown into one of the world's largest chipmakers, with products found in devices ranging from home Wi-Fi routers to enterprise servers.

Broadcom supplies components to most major smartphone manufacturers.

corporation

NASDAQ

Electronic securities exchange

stock · revenue · profit · enterprise · multinational · CEO · boardroom · strategy · VMware · Symantec

semiconductors

silicon

Metalloid in electronics

diode · fabrication · nanotechnology · doping · substrate · photolithography · etching · ASIC · foundry · die

networking

router

Packet-forwarding network device

  • switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
  • ethernetWired networking standard
  • LANLocalized computer linkage

WAN · TCP/IP · bandwidth · firewall · VPN · wireless · connectivity · hub · gateway · modem

wireless

Wi-Fi

Wireless network standard

  • BluetoothShort-range wireless protocol
  • RFWireless transmission spectrum
  • antennaBroadcast signal receiver

modem · 5G · LTE · GPS · NFC · radio · spectrum · baseband · IoT · mobile

storage

SSD

Chip-based storage device

  • HDDMagnetic platter storage device
  • RAIDDisk virtualization technology
  • controllerDevice directing a system

SAN · NVMe · flash · adapter

Opposites
BUSINESS MODEL (B2B vs B2C)

Broadcomhousehold name

Widely recognized person or brand

Apple · Samsung · Sony · Nike · Coca-Cola

COMPANY STRATEGY (acquisition-driven consolidator vs organic innovator)

Broadcomstartup

New business enterprise

Tesla · AMD

SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY POSITION (Infrastructure/Components vs Consumer Products)

BroadcomApple

Cupertino tech giant

Samsung · HP · Lenovo · consumer electronics

Phrases
Family

broadcast, broadcloth

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Concrete · Rated G