Broadcom’s Software Makeover Doesn’t Fully Mask Chip Swings

Broadcom’s Software Makeover Doesn’t Fully Mask Chip Swings

Broadcom Chief Executive Hock Tan isn’t someone who finds blowing money appetizing. But that $40,000 dinner seems to have gone down well.  That was the reported cost for Tan to sit at the table of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a dinner at last month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in San Francisco. It is a … Read more

Broadcom CEO tells VMware employees that it doesn’t do company-wide parties or employee-resource groups: ‘That’s an alien concept to me’

Broadcom CEO tells VMware employees that it doesn’t do company-wide parties or employee-resource groups: ‘That’s an alien concept to me’

Some of the most prized aspects of VMware’s culture likely won’t survive the Broadcom acquisition. Broadcom closed its $69 billion acquisition of VMware on November 22. On Tuesday, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan addressed questions from VMware employees in an all-hands meeting. Some employees asked about company culture perks such as employee-resource groups and company-wide parties … Read more