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.
Industry | Semiconductors |
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Founded | June 2000 |
Headquarters | Herzliya, 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 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]
Since 2004 BroadLight has been awarded multiple patents[6] in the area of fiber access and CPE network processing.
In April 2012 Broadcom Corporation acquired[7][8] BroadLight for $230M in a cash transaction.