- Avago Technologies
Infobox_Company
company_name = Avago Technologies
company_
company_type = Private Ownership
company_slogan =
foundation = 2005
location =
key_people =Hock E. Tan ,CEO
num_employees = 6500
industry =Semiconductors
products = analog
revenue = profit US $1.8 billion (2005)
homepage = [http://www.avagotech.com/ www.AvagoTech.com]Avago Technologies is an American company which was earlier the
semiconductor products division ofHP and laterAgilent Technologies , before being spun off into a distinct legal entity. It holds more than 2,000patent s.pin-Off
In late
2005 the semiconductor division of Agilent was acquired byKKR andSilver Lake Partners , and became an independent company. Today it is one of the largest privately held semiconductor companies in the world, with approximately 6,500 employees and netrevenue of $1.8 billion in fiscal 2005.In
2006 ,PMC-Sierra purchased Avago Technologies' storage semiconductor division.In
2008 , Avago Technologies' filed a $400M IPO for theNASDAQ with the proposed ticker symbol AVGO. [cite web|url=http://compoundsemiconductor.net/cws/article/news/35575|title=Avago files for $400m IPO|date=2008-8-28]Products
Avago Technologies provides a range of analog, mixed-signal and
optoelectronic components and subsystems to more than 40,000 customers.Thin Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator FBAR filters are produced formobile phone s and WLAN.ee also
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