Broadcom Inc. AVGO

What this company does

Broadcom designs, develops and supplies semiconductor and semiconductor-based solutions and infrastructure software solutions. As of November 2, 2025, it had approximately 33,000 employees worldwide, with approximately 57% in research and development roles. It offers its semiconductor and semiconductor-based solutions in five major end markets: Networking Connectivity, Wireless Device Connectivity, Servers and Storage Systems, Broadband and Industrial. Those solutions include digital and mixed signal devices based on silicon wafers with complementary metal oxide semiconductor transistors, III-V based devices, network interface cards and other modules, switches, subsystems and, in some cases, racks. Its infrastructure software portfolios are Private Cloud, Mainframe Software, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software and FC SAN Management. Its private cloud infrastructure solutions are available directly from Broadcom and through resellers and distributors, hyperscale cloud providers, value-added OEMs and VMware cloud service provider partners. The majority of its front-end wafer manufacturing operations is outsourced to external foundries, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited. The company traces its origins to AT&T/Bell Labs, Lucent and Hewlett-Packard Company, and has evolved through acquisitions including LSI Corporation, Broadcom Corporation, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., CA, Inc., Symantec Enterprise Security and VMware, Inc.

Written from the business description in Broadcom Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 18 December 2025. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.