Broadcom to launch new networking chip, as battle with Nvidia intensifies
- 14-Oct-2025
Broadcom is launching a new networking chip on Tuesday that will help companies build artificial intelligence computing systems by stringing together hundreds of thousands of chips that crunch data, deepening its rivalry with Nvidia. The chip, called the Thor Ultra, enables computing infrastructure operators to deploy far more chips than they otherwise could, allowing them […]
EU hits Broadcom with interim demands in antitrust probe
- 27-Jun-2019
EU antitrust regulators want U.S. chipmaker Broadcom to scrap its exclusivity clauses with TV and modem makers to avoid irreparable harm to the market while they investigate whether this tactic and others are designed to block rivals.
Broadcom’s $2 billion warning rattles global chip sector
- 15-Jun-2019
Shares in Broadcom fell as much as 8.6pc wiping more than $9 billion off the market value of the company, previously based in Asia but now with its headquarters and main listing in the United States.
Trump blocks Broadcom’s bid to buy Qualcomm
- 13-Mar-2018
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday blocked an unsolicited bid by Singapore-based Broadcom to take over smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm, citing national security concerns. Trump issued an order barring the proposed mega-acquisition, saying there is credible evidence such a deal “threatens to impair the national security of the United States,” according to a White House […]
Broadcom offers to buy mobile chipmaker Qualcomm for $103 billion
- 06-Nov-2017
Communications chipmaker Broadcom on Monday said it offered to buy smartphone chip supplier Qualcomm for $70 per share or $103 billion in cash and stock, in what would be the biggest technology acquisition ever. A tie-up would combine two of the largest makers of wireless communications chips for mobile phones and raise the stakes for […]