Which chipmaker acquired Broadcom Corporation and adopted the Broadcom name in 2016?

Avago Technologies acquired Broadcom Corporation and adopted the Broadcom name in 2016.

Avago Technologies announced its acquisition of Broadcom Corporation in 2015, and the transaction closed in February 2016. The combined company took the Broadcom Limited name, later becoming Broadcom Inc. after additional corporate changes.

Avago itself had roots in the semiconductor business spun out of Agilent Technologies in 2005. The acquisition expanded its reach across wireless communications, networking, storage, and other semiconductor markets. Broadcom’s later purchase of VMware in 2023 further broadened the company into infrastructure software.

The naming history can be confusing because Broadcom Corporation and Avago Technologies were separate companies before the merger. The present-day Broadcom Inc. therefore represents the successor organization rather than the original Broadcom Corporation alone.