Brief affair. Only a few months after finally acquiring it for $10.7bn, Broadcom opts to offload Symantec’s Enterprise division

Brief affair. Only a few months after finally acquiring it for $10.7bn, Broadcom opts to offload Symantec’s Enterprise division
Chip giant ordered to halt exclusivity deals after European watchdog utilises powers last used 18 years ago
Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager set to deploy rarely used powers against Broadcom as EU steps up action against US tech giants
Private equity groups sniff around remaining consumer division of Symantec, after enterprise sale to Broadcom
Acquisition confirmed as Broadcom continues to expand beyond its traditional chip business
Weeks after Symantec walked away after price disagreement, reports suggest the two are close to a deal
Symantec reportedly walks away from acquisition talks with Broadcom, after disagreement about price
Another software move for chipmaker, as Broadcom reportedly seeks to acquire security veteran Symantec
European regulators to investigate whether it operated monolopy for modem and TV chipsets
Intel, Qualcomm and other major US semiconductor firms quietly put pressure on US Commerce Department, as Huawei expects £20bn in lost revenues this year alone
Mischief making. Pentagon ‘request’ for national security review of Broadcom’s CA acquisition is ‘fake’
How does that fit? Chipmaker shocks the markets with surprise acquisition bid for veteran software provider CA
The US president has banned what would have been the tech sector’s biggest deal to date, citing fears it could give China an opening in the race to 5G
The US warns Broadcom’s hostile takeover of Qualcomm could give China an opportunity to take over next-generation networking standards
This year has seen the fastest start to tech mergers and acquisitions since 2000, the height of the dot-com bubble
Broadcom shaves 4 percent off its ‘opportunistic’ offer for Qualcomm, after objecting to raised bid for NXP
The $130bn offer would create a dominant mobile chip player, but some say it’s an opportunistic move taking advantage of Qualcomm’s legal woes
Android and iOS already issued patches for bug that could result in the spread of unstoppable malware
Data centre networking move sees Extreme buy data centre networking unit, as Brocade breakup continues
The £25 Compute Module 3 uses the same Broadcom chip as the Raspberry Pi 3, running10 times faster than its predecessor
The whole of Brocade’s IP Networking business is being sold off as Broadcom concentrates on supporting its chip business
Semiconductor companies including Freescale and Broadcom are supporting software-defined networking efforts with chip-level technogies
Broadcom and Huawei are to demonstrate their latest offerings in the growing market for network-function virtualisation, closely related to software-defined networking
Broadcom’s new chipsets, now in production, are aimed at the rapidly growing market for smartphones priced at less than £200
Broadcom develops new smart chip for wearable device sector operating in the Internet of Things environment
In just six months, Broadcom, Intel and Mellanox have all submitted independent open switch proposals
Broadcom is to push into the wearable devices market after upgrading its WICED Direct chip platform
Broadcom’s new BCM56450 chip will help mobile operators struggling with their bandwidth challenges
Broadcom will release new chips designed for enterprise Wi-Fi networks running the 802.11ac protocol
Broadcom takes another step in growing its networking capabilities with the purchase of BroadLight, a month after closing on NetLogic