Broadcom acquires NetLogic Microsystems for $3.7 billion
Broadcom announced Monday that it will acquire networking chip maker NetLogic Microsystems for $3.7 billion in a deal that is Broadcom's largest acquisition in its 20-year history and the communications hardware company's first-ever acquisition of a public company.
Design, technology and services company Aricent and semiconductor solutions company NetLogic Microsystems Inc announced on Tuesday a development collaboration aimed at enabling advanced Long Term Evolution capabilities on NetLogic's XLS family of MIPS64-based processors.