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Qualcomm

Acquired

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The Broadcom Strategy Is to Roll Up the Semiconductor Industry

Broadcom started out as Hewlett-Packard's chip division. The CEO of Avago made a bet that the semiconductor industry was no longer experiencing growth. Broadcom is borrowing lots and lots of debt to make the acquisitions they're making, then squeezing them for profitability.

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