Broadcom Receives IEEE Standards Association Corporate Award for 2011

Broadcom employees and engineers hold leadership roles in numerous organizations and industry groups. Since 1996, Broadcom engineers have been active contributors across the wide spectrum of IEEE-SA communication standards. In addition to technical contributions, Broadcom also serves as a board member of the IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CAG).

With more than 15,000 US and foreign patents and pending applications, Broadcom's IP portfolio is ranked #1 among fabless semiconductor companies. Broadcom innovation is fueled by its unprecedented investment in research and development (R&D) and a strong engineering culture. Of the Fortune 500, Broadcom ranks #3 globally and #1 in semiconductors with more than 25 percent of revenues invested in R&D and over 75 percent of its workforce focused on engineering.


Steve Mills, President, IEEE Standards Association
Industry's involvement in standards development is critical as standards contribute to innovation, increase the pace of technical evolution, help create global markets, and provide choice for consumers, said Steve Mills, president, IEEE-SA. We congratulate industry-leader Broadcom for their unwavering dedication and commitment to advancing open standards that help accelerate market adoption of new products and technologies through interoperability to connect people across the globe.

Nick Ilyadis, Chief Technical Officer, Infrastructure & Networking Group, Broadcom Corporation
Broadcom engineers take pride in knowing their creative ideas, products and technologies enable people to connect anywhere and we're thrilled to be recognized for our contributions in the advancement of open standards. The IEEE-SA Corporate Award underscores Broadcom's long-standing commitment in partnering with leaders throughout the industry to enable next-generation telecommunication standards and innovation.

Wael William Diab, Member of the IEEE-SA CAG and Senior Technical Director, Broadcom Corporation
It is a great honor to join such a distinguished set of recipients of the IEEE-SA Corporate Award on its 10th anniversary. We are equally pleased to be recognized for our role in leading and encouraging cross-collaboration in the development of technologies and products that ultimately transform the way people live, work and connect.