BroadLight
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| Industry | Semiconductors |
|---|---|
| Founded | June 2000 |
| Headquarters | Herzeliya, Israel |
Key people | Raanan Gewirtzman, Chief Executive Officer Chee Kwan, VP Sales Didi Ivancovsky, Founder, VP Carriers Strategy Doron Tal, VP Business Development & Marketing Dror Heldenberg, CFO Eli Weitz, CTO Gal Sitton, VP Systems Igor Elkanovich, VP VLSI |
| Products | Fiber Access & Embedded Processors |
Number of employees | 140 |
| Website | www.broadlight.com |
BroadLight is a fabless semiconductor company which designs, manufactures and markets Fiber Access and embedded processors System-on-a-chip (SoC). Founded in 2000[1] by Ran Dror, David Levi, Haim Ben Amram, Didi Ivancovsky and Raanan Ivry, it is headquartered in Herzeliya, Israel with offices in the United States, China, Taiwan and Korea.
Market
BroadLight predicted that the fiber-to-the-home market would outpace xDSL copper broadband installations[2] and that the market would require and benefit from highly integrated Fiber Access semiconductor SoC. The company was recognized to achieve significant market share[3][4] and an established top-tier customer position[5]
Intellectual Property
Since 2004 BroadLight has been awarded multiple patents[6] in the area of fiber access and CPE network processing.
Acquisition by Broadcom
In April 2012 Broadcom Corporation acquired[7][8] BroadLight for $230M in a cash transaction.
References
- ^ TheMarker.com Staff (2001-08-27). "Broadlight raising $10 million from strategic and existing investors". TheStreet. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
- ^ The Future of Fiber To The Home in China, Part Two - Seeking Alpha
- ^ FTTH Silicon Market Share | Nyquist Capital
- ^ Broadcom Enters FTTH Chipset Market – Seeking Alpha
- ^ AMCC demonstrates GPON Chipset, But Cramer Gets Company Wrong (AMCC, TLAB, MOT, ALA) - Seeking Alpha
- ^ "Broadlight, LTD. Patents". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
- ^ Broadcom to buy fiber access chip makerBbroadLight – MarketWatch
- ^ https://www.rdocs.com/getrdocnologin.asp?p=130697 [bare URL PDF]