Broadcom Ranked By The Red Herring #1 Best Overall Private Technology Company Worldwide In The First-Annual Herring 100; Broadcom Receives Five Top Awards From The Red Herring, Making Them The Private Company MVP In The 1997 Herring 100.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1997--Broadcom Corp., a worldwide leader in providing silicon solutions for the high-speed data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. market, today announced The Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: magazine ranked Broadcom as the No. 1 Best Overall Private Company in the first-annual Herring 100, which is a list of top 100 private and public technology companies. The magazine also ranked Broadcom in the top five for Best Long-term Potential, Best Products, Best Management and Best Bootstrap See boot. (operating system, compiler) bootstrap - To load and initialise the operating system on a computer. Normally abbreviated to "boot". From the curious expression "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps", one of the legendary feats of Baron von Munchhausen. . The Red Herring, which is a leading technology business publication, published the Herring 100 in the September 1997 issue. "We ranked Broadcom so highly because they have acquired nearly 100 percent of the market for cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. boxes and we believe more than half of the broadband data transmission will pass through cable networks. As the Internet brings digital technology into the home, that is going to be big, big business," said Jason Pontin Jason Pontin (born May 11, 1967) is an editor, journalist and publisher. Pontin is the editor in chief and publisher of Technology Review, an independent publication owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that describes emerging technologies and , editor of The Red Herring. Broadcom has received noteworthy success for its high-performance integrated chips in the high-speed data communications industry. The company's digital transmission chips are providing both businesses and consumers with high-speed Internet See broadband. access and broadband data services. Broadcom has significant market share in the cable modem, digital set-top cable box and fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. markets and has successfully expanded its digital transmission product line into the digital broadcast satellite and xDSL markets. The Red Herring ranked Broadcom with 50 other top private companies based on a mixture of objective and subjective criteria. The Herring editors reviewed company financial information as well as less tangible standards, such as how important the company's products were to other companies, how effective the company's management team was, and whether or not the company was a good strategic partner. Out of 11 private company award categories, Broadcom received five awards from the magazine, which included No. 1 Best Overall Private Company, No. 2 Best Overall Long-term Potential, No. 2 Best Overall Products, No. 3 Best Overall Management and No. 4 Best Overall Bootstrap Company. "Being a part of the Herring 100 and receiving these awards validates the importance of developing high-performance, integrated solutions at the chip level," said Henry Nicholas Henry Nicholas (or Hendrik Niclaes, Heinrich Niclaes) (c. 1501 - c. 1580), founder of the mystical Christian sect "Family of Love", was born in 1501 or 1502, at Münster, where he was married and was a prosperous merchant. , Broadcom's Chief Executive Officer and President. "With this level of system integration manufacturers can cost-effectively develop products for high-speed Internet access, local area networks and other broadband network applications for homes and businesses worldwide." The Red Herring magazine is a monthly publication covering the business of technology. Focused on the high-growth market of emerging technologies, The Red Herring delivers a worldwide audience of market leaders, technology executives and top-level investors. Herring Communications, a San Francisco-based media company, also produces high-level industry conferences; herring.com, an online daily news service; and Hits magazine. Since its founding in 1991, Broadcom has become a worldwide leader in the data communications market, providing integrated, system-level silicon solutions to manufacturers of 100BASE-T, cable modem, digital cable-TV set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. , xDSL and digital broadcast satellite equipment. The company's QAMLink digital transmission architecture is used in nearly 100% of today's cable modems and digital cable-TV set-top boxes. Broadcom's Fast-phy 100BASE-T digital transmission technology is used by leading manufacturers of hubs, switches, routers and line cards. The company has strategic customer relationships with the leading data communications equipment See DCE. Data Communications Equipment - Data Communication Equipment manufacturers, including: 3Com, Bay Networks, Inc., Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Intel, General Instrument Corp., Motorola, and Scientific Atlanta. Broadcom, which is based in Irvine, Calif. can be reached at 714/450-8700 or at http://www.broadcom.com . CONTACT: Broadcom Corporation, Irvine Laura Brandlin, 714/450-8700 lbrandlin@broadcom.com |
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