BroadLight

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BroadLight.
IndustrySemiconductors
FoundedJune 2000
Founder
  • Ran Dror
  • David Levi
  • Haim Ben Amram
  • Didi Ivancovsky
  • Raanan Ivry
HeadquartersHerzliya, 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
ProductsFiber Access & Embedded Processors
Number of employees
140
Websitewww.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

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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

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Since 2004 BroadLight has been awarded multiple patents[6] in the area of fiber access and CPE network processing.

Acquisition by Broadcom

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In April 2012 Broadcom Corporation acquired[7][8] BroadLight for $230M in a cash transaction.

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