Broadcom acquired VMware in 2023 after becoming a major supplier of networking and custom silicon.
Broadcom Inc. is a technology company that designs semiconductors and infrastructure software. Its products support wired and wireless communications, data centers, broadband equipment, storage, and industrial systems. The company is especially prominent in networking chips and application-specific integrated circuits made for particular customers or uses.
Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware on November 22, 2023. VMware was founded in 1998 and became a leading provider of virtualization software, which lets one physical computer run multiple virtual machines. Broadcom said the purchase would strengthen its infrastructure-software business alongside its semiconductor operations.
Broadcom Inc. is separate from Broadcom Corporation, the older semiconductor company it acquired in 2016. The modern company also traces part of its history to Avago Technologies, which bought Broadcom Corporation and adopted the Broadcom name. This corporate history can make the company’s timeline confusing.