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| Symbol | Name | Time | Trade | Change | % Chg | Volume | P/E Ratio | EPS | Mkt Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRCM | Broadcom | 21:00 GMT | 31.68 | +0.53 | +1.70% | 5240186 | 22.31 | 1.396 | 17.456B |
Latest Broadcom news
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Hybrid processors fuel $111 billion market
Apple, Broadcom, Marvell, MediaTek, NVidia, Qualcomm, Samsung, St Ericsson, Texas Instruments and many other processor vendors have offered heterogeneous application-specific processors with a microprocessor core integrating a GPU to add value within extremely confined parameters of space, power and -
IDC predicts more chip market consolidation this year
He pointed out that a number of mergers and acquisitions came to fruition in 2011, most notably Qualcomm and Atheros, Texas Instruments and National Semiconductor, SMSC and Conexant, Broadcom and NetLogic, CSR and Zoran, and Microsemi and Zarlink. -
Intel elbows its way into baseband market
He added that Broadcom's W-CDMA baseband share should improve because it is doing well in baseband-integrated smartphone processor market. -
Lumia cost $209 to make
In addition to a Qualcomm chipset, the Lumia 900 uses Samsung's $58 display, memory from Micron and Elpida, and smaller components from Broadcom and STMicroelectronics, the researcher said. -
US does not give a XXXX about Aussie patent win
The "bad guys" were the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, or CSIRO, which after ten years managed to score a $229 million settlement from a group of nine companies that make a variety of wireless devices and chips, including Broadcom, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Lenovo. -
SIA positive despite chip sales slide
Intel and AMD stopped giving the WSTS chip sales data program and Qualcomm, Broadcom, Xilinx and Altera are not involved either. Now, the WSTS uses forecasting and estimation methods to predict the sales which we would have thought was a bit like guessing, reading Tarot cards, or asking the cat. -
Apple iPad tear down reveals surprises
The iPad includes a Qualcomm LTE mobile chip as well as a Qualcomm wireless modem for 3G and 4G. Broadcom supplies a semiconductor handling wireless tasks like wi-fi and Bluetooth, according to iFixit. -
Micron shows off the first working RLDRAM 3 hardware
Other partners include some high-fliers like Altera, Broadcom, Cavium, LSI Logic - which should provide an interesting complement for its newly bought SandForce controllers - and Tilera, the developers of the famous 64- and 100- core CPU. -
Tablets and smartphones: Why PC vendors should panic
AnalysisFinally, ARM licensees have seen business booming as their system-on-chip designs are now powering just about everything handheld. Broadcom, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics and even second tier Chinese contenders like Rockchip have found a home with the SoC. -
Shaky semi industry propped up by wireless boom
Some firms, such as Texas Instruments and Freescale, are already targeting the market, while companies like PicoChip and Broadcom are also readying scaled up versions of system on chip devices from femto bases. -
Broadcom prepares second coming of wi-fi
Wireless maker Broadcom is set to announce products with the new IEEE standard 802.11ac in what is being dubbed as the second coming of wi-fi. -
TSMC might not be ready for AMD
Altera, AMD, Nvidia, Qualcomm and Xilinx have all contracted TSMC to manufacture their 28nm products. Broadcom, LSI Logic and STMicroelectronics reportedly are among potential clients for TSMC's 28nm technology. -
Google TV failure scares Intel off TV SoCs
The television market in general is stuffed in the near term. Broadcom, for example, has announced it doesn't fancy hanging around for the TV video processing chip market to hot up, while Trident thinks a decline in set top box and TV semi sales means it needs to slash its workforce by 20 percent. -
Broadcom buys chipmaker Netlogic
Broadcom is planning to write a cheque for $3.7 billion to buy chipmaker Netlogic. -
Rambus buries patent hatchet with Freescale
This act of kindness is a rarity for the company, which is well known for raising havoc over alleged patent infringements. It has sued IBM, Nvidia, Broadcom, Freescale, Samsung, LSI, Mediatek, and ST Microelectronics to name a few. -
SuVolta creates low power transistor
Fujitsu has announced that it will use the SuVolta technology in all its products and will ship the first chips using it sometime late next year. Broadcom and Cypress are also supposed to be snuffling around. -
Chip revenues up 30 percent to $300 billion in 2010
Tenth placed Broadcom enjoyed an impressive year, leapfrogging two places after gaining a 53 percent increase and pushing itself into the top ten for the first time due to good performances in the infrastructure and networking, broadband and mobile markets. -
Toshiba renews Rambus licence
News of the licence agreement caused its shares to rise on NASDAQ, closing yesterday at $20.25. Late last year, the US International Trade Commission said it would investigate 34 companies after Rambus filed a lawsuit against LSI, MediaTek, ST Micro, Broadcom, Freescale and Nvidia, related to PCI E
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