Broadcom News

Amkor Technology Inc. raised its fourth-quarter revenue outlook Monday, citing higher-than-anticipated demand from customers.

Intel Atom "Pineview" Gets High-Def Video Support with Broadcom Chip [12/22/2009 03:08 PM] by Anton Shilov Intel Corp.'s next-generation Atom platform code-named Pine Trail will get support for hardware decoding of high-definition video with Broadcom Corp.

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its Crystal HD technology will be available to OEMs wanting to deliver best-in-class video playback on the new IntelA Atom processor platform for netbooks.

Catching up on my newspaper and blog reading this morning, I ran across two high-profile stories from outside of Texas on the subject of witness intimidation that deserve Grits readers attention: By Criminals : From the Philadelphia Inquirer, there's a must-read series titled " Witnesses fear reprisal and cases crumble ." According to this report, ...

Attorneys for two former employees of disgraced financier Allen Stanford are seeking the dismissal of charges that they illegally shredded thousands of documents in Florida.

District Court Judge Cormac J. Carmey, before closing arguments, dismissed a federal prosecution against William Ruehle, former CEO of Broadcom, and another defendant charged in a stock options backdating case.

Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced its next-generation Crystal HD solution that provides consumers with the most advanced, low cost, low power, high definition video playback available on a netbook.

It is rare that a judge uses supervisory powers to correct an injustice, but sometimes it is the right action - especially when there has been government misconduct.

Broadcom Corp. on Tuesday raised its fourth-quarter revenue target, citing stronger-than-expected demand in the broadband and corporate networking markets.

Former Broadcom Corp. Chief Financial Officer William Ruehle won dismissal of charges he illegally backdated stock options and lied to securities regulators, causing the chipmaker to restate $2.22 billion in earnings in 2007.

Broadcom Corp. admits this much: It ought to be interested in femtocells. "That's a really potentially interesting market," CEO Scott McGregor said to a small gathering of press on Tuesday, in a casual session after the company's annual analyst day.

On Tuesday, Federal Judge Cormac Carney dropped a bombshell in the Broadcom case pending in a federal court in Orange County, California.

Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that it is the first silicon provider to ship a true single die Blu-ray Disc chip.

Stock options backdating lawsuits filed by shareholders against Broadcom Corp. face an uncertain future now that a federal judge has thrown out the government's criminal case against two former executives of the Irvine, Calif., computer chip manufacturer.

Prosecutors have an immense amount of power, especially in white-collar proceedings.

Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its latest generation Bluetooth combination chip is compliant with the ratified Bluetooth low energy version of the Bluetooth technology specification.

Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced its next generation Persona Internet protocol communications platform for multimedia connected consumer devices.

The stunning dismissals of criminal cases against three former Broadcom Corp. executives in the last week focused on what the judge called "shameful" misconduct by prosecutors.

Judge dismisses backdating case against billionaire Broadcom co-founder, asks feds to explain why drug charges should stand.

Broadcom have outed a number of new chips, including a new 1080p-capable multimedia processor and an IP platform intended to add 3D graphics and multimedia capabilities to DVRs and set-top boxes.