Broadcom Corporation is one of several companies contributing to the infrastructure that will bring high-speed Internet and other services directly to homes and offices. The company specializes in designing high-speed integrated circuits (ICs), or chips, that are used in applications such as cable TV set-top boxes, cable modems, and local area network (LAN) cards. The company also provides key technology and products in emerging broadband markets such as digital subscriber loop (DSL), fixed wireless, direct broadcast satellite, and terrestrial digital broadcast. Extremely popular with investors since going public in 1998, the company has used its stock to acquire smaller high-tech companies and integrate their technology.
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