Business | Broadly successful

How Broadcom quietly became a $700bn powerhouse

Its rise began well before the artificial-intelligence boom

Hock Tan, CEO of Broadcom at a conference
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Editor’s note (September 7th): This article has been updated following the release of Broadcom’s latest quarterly results

This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Broadly successful”

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