Broadcom

Broadcom has agreed to acquire communications processor company NetLogic Microsystems for US$3.7 billion, the companies announced Monday.

Broadcom has bought Spanish powerline networking company Gigle in a deal worth $75m

Network components manufacturer Emulex Corp. today said its board of directors will review a new takeover bid by Broadcom Corp., which raised its offer from $9.25 per share to $11. That would make the deal worth about $925 million.

Emulex has taken its efforts to avoid a hostile takeover by Broadcom to court, suing the company for unfair business practices and citing the drug-trafficking and securities-fraud indictment of Broadcom's former top executive as proof to its shareholders that Broadcom officials can't be trusted.

Emulex rejects Broadcom's attempt to take a $764 million offer directly to shareholders.

The deal that settled years of patent suits between Qualcomm and Broadcom is good news for consumers as well as for the companies.

Qualcomm and Broadcom might be near a settlement of all their disputes, spurring Qualcomm to postpone its financial report.

A judge has dismissed a patent lawsuit brought by chip maker Broadcom against rival Qualcomm, saying the company didn't identify specific patents it was suing over.

A federal appeals court agreed that Qualcomm violated a standards body's rules but said its punishment should be reduced.

An appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Qualcomm did indeed infringe two Broadcom patents, and upheld an earlier injunction on products that use the patents.

The former chairman, chief technology officer and cofounder of Broadcom admitted that he lied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and agreed to pay more than $12 million for doing so.