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Broadcom Corporation

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:00 PST

Foundation Year

1991

Founders

Henry Samueli
Henry T. Nicholas III

Taglines

Connecting Everything

Logos:

Did you know that the first logo of Broadcom was designed by Henry Nicholas' wife, Stacey in 1994.

Ticker Symbol

NASDAQ - BRCM

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Broadcom Corporation is a leading provider of semiconductors for wired and wireless communication. The company's products / business are concentrated in the area of Broadband Communications, Mobile and Wireless, Network Infrastructure. These products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment.
Below are some of the Broadcom's key products and leading customers -

Broadband Communications:

Products - Cable, Satellite, Terrestrial and IPSTB; cable, PON and xDSL gateways; Digital TV solutions; Blue-ray Disc players and recorders; CMTS and DSLAM chipset solutions.
Customers - Cisco, Echostar, Motorola, Pace, Thomson, Samsung.

Enterprise Networking:

Products - Broadband and security processor; Advanced Gb and 10 GbE controllers; Metro / enterprise / SMB switching; NAS and RAID storage controllers; PHYs and Optical transceivers; Server I/O chipsets.
Customers - Alcatel-Lucent; Cisco, Dell, HP, Huawei3g.

Wireless Connectivity:

Products - 802.11 a/b/g/n WLAN client and access points; Bluetooth systems and software; GPS; Wireless combination solutions; IP telephony devices; Touch screen controller solutions.
Customers - Apple, Dell, HP, Nintendo, Samsung.

Mobile Platforms:

Products - HSxPA/WCDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM cellular SoCs and baseband; Mobile multimedia and application processors; Multi-band, multi-mode RF transceivers; Power management solutions; Production-ready reference designs and software.
Customers - Samsung and Nokia.

Some of the facts

The company was first started as Broadband Telecom and later in 1994, it was renamed as Broadcom.
In less then two decades, the company gained a global recognition and received about 38 awards. You can find the Award details at http://www.broadcom.com/company/industry_awards.php
One of the interesting fact is that Henry Samueli and Henry Nicholas shared a professor - student relationship. Yes, Henry Nicholas was a student of professor Henry Samueli in UCLA.
Henry Samueli is named to the National Academy of Engineering for his pioneering contributions to academic research and technology entrepreneurship in the development of semiconductors for use in broadband communications.
The schools of engineering at UCLA and UC Irvine are named after him, as Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and The Henry Samueli School of Engineering respectively.

You can get more information about the company from Broadcom.

Analog Devices Inc

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:35:00 PST

Foundation Year

1965

Founders

Raymond S.Stata commonly known as Ray Stata
Matthew Lorber

Taglines

World Leader in High Performance Signal Processing.

Logos

Ticker Symbol

NYSE - ADI

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Analog Devices Inc is a one of the world leading semiconductor company specialized in high-performance analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing (DSP) integrated circuits (ICs). Their products are used in a wide variety of electronic equipments ranging from communications, computers, consumer electronics, automotive electronics, industrial and medical equipments, military and space systems.

Some of the facts

Ray Stata was awarded the Prestigious IEEE founders medal in 2003 for his outstanding contributions to electronics industry. For more information refer the link - http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/bios/2003founders.html
Analog Devices was the second company that was founded by Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber. Prior to this company, they founded Solid State Instrument which produced devices to test gyroscopes. Later this company was sold to Kollmorgen Corp. for $100,000 in stock. This income was used to launch Analog Devices. (Source - Wikipedia and Funding Universe)
It hardly took two decades, for ADI to be named as one of the 100 best companies to work for in America (in 1984) because of its excellent contribution and growth in the industry. And it had first joined the ranks of fortune 500 in 1992.
Analog Devices runs a technical magazine by name Analog Dialogue. It is a forum for the exchange of information related to circuits, systems, and software for real-world signal processing. Also, it is considered as longest-running-in-house publication in the electronics industry

You can get more information about the company from Analog Devices Inc.

United Microelectronics Corporation

noreply@blogger.com (Shruthi) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:15:00 PST

Foundation Year

May, 1980

Founders

UMC was founded as a spin-off of the government-sponsored institute Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

Taglines

Customer Driven Foundry Solutions

Logos

Ticker Symbol

NYSE : UMC
TSEC : 2303

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UMC is a semiconductor foundry which manufactures advanced process Integrated Circuits (IC) for applications spanning major sectors of the semiconductor industry. The company develops system-on-chip (SOC) ICs for various applications including copper interconnects, low k dielectrics, embedded DRAM, and mixed signal/RFCMOS.

Some of the facts: UMC was

Taiwan's first semiconductor company.
First foundry to ship wafers using copper materials.
First foundry to produce chips using 28-nanometer processes.
First foundry to produce ICs on 300-mm wafers.

You can get more information about the company from UMC.