Broadcom Inc. is a global technology company responsible for designing, developing and providing semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. It operates through the following sectors: semiconductor solutions, infrastructure software and intellectual property licensing. The semiconductor solutions division manages data mobility in data centers, telecommunications, enterprise and embedded network applications. The infrastructure software division offers combinations of mainframe, enterprise and storage area network solutions. The IP licensing department licenses a portion of its extensive IP product portfolio. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.