BroadLight
{{Short description|Israeli fabless semiconductor company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = BroadLight.
| type =
| logo = Broadlight logo.jpg
| logo_size = 250px
| foundation = June 2000
| founder = {{Unbulleted list|Ran Dror|David Levi|Haim Ben Amram|Didi Ivancovsky|Raanan Ivry}}
| 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
| industry = Semiconductors
| products = Fiber Access & Embedded Processors
| revenue =
| num_employees = 140
| market cap =
| homepage = [http://www.broadlight.com 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{{cite web|author=TheMarker.com Staff |url=http://www.thestreet.com/story/1522383/broadlight-raising-10-million-from-strategic-and-existing-investors.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204153223/http://www.thestreet.com/story/1522383/broadlight-raising-10-million-from-strategic-and-existing-investors.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-04 |title=Broadlight raising $10 million from strategic and existing investors |publisher=TheStreet |date=2001-08-27 |accessdate=2012-05-17 }} 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[http://seekingalpha.com/article/11686-the-future-of-fiber-to-the-home-in-china-part-two The Future of Fiber To The Home in China, Part Two - Seeking Alpha] and that the market would require and benefit from highly integrated Fiber Access semiconductor SoC. The company was recognized to achieve significant market share[http://www.nyquistcapital.com/2007/06/13/ftth-silicon-market-share/ FTTH Silicon Market Share | Nyquist Capital][http://seekingalpha.com/article/83764-broadcom-enters-ftth-chipset-market Broadcom Enters FTTH Chipset Market – Seeking Alpha] and an established top-tier customer position[http://seekingalpha.com/article/7555-amcc-demonstrates-gpon-chipset-but-cramer-gets-company-wrong-amcc-tlab-mot-ala AMCC demonstrates GPON Chipset, But Cramer Gets Company Wrong (AMCC, TLAB, MOT, ALA) - Seeking Alpha]
Intellectual Property
Since 2004 BroadLight has been awarded multiple patents{{Cite web |url=http://www.patentgenius.com/assignee/BroadlightLtd.html |title=Broadlight, LTD. Patents |access-date=2012-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225319/http://www.patentgenius.com/assignee/BroadlightLtd.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }} in the area of fiber access and CPE network processing.
Acquisition by Broadcom
In April 2012 Broadcom Corporation acquired[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/broadcom-to-buy-fiber-access-chip-makerbbroadlight-2012-03-21 Broadcom to buy fiber access chip makerBbroadLight – MarketWatch]https://www.rdocs.com/getrdocnologin.asp?p=130697 (login required){{Dead link|date=November 2024|fix-attempted=yes}} BroadLight for $230M in a cash transaction.
References
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External links
- [http://www.broadlight.com/ BroadLight homepage]
Category:Semiconductor companies of Israel