Ever hear the statement that 'everybody' is using merchant Ethernet chips? Here's a partial list of 'everybody'

Craig Matsumoto, Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

May 13, 2011

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Broadcom's Ethernet Club Revealed (Sort of)

Broadcom Corp. (Nasdaq: BRCM) still can't divulge most of its Ethernet-chip customers, and most of its customers won't admit they use Broadcom.

Yet at Interop this week, there were these big ol' racks with a bunch of different vendors' equipment in them. A bunch of systems names, just hanging out with Broadcom for no reason.

In case it's not obvious enough: These almost certainly represented OEMs that are using Broadcom, collected in one not-so-hidden place. Broadcom couldn't officially comment, of course.

Here's who was there. Any surprises?

  • Adtran Inc. (Nasdaq: ADTN)

  • Alaxala

  • Arista Networks Inc.

  • Avaya Inc.

  • Dell Technologies (Nasdaq: DELL)

  • Extreme Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR)

  • Force10 Networks Inc.

  • Hitachi Cable Ltd.

  • HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ)

  • IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM)

  • NEC Corp. (Tokyo: 6701)

  • Netgear Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR)



— Craig Matsumoto, West Coast Editor, Light Reading

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Craig Matsumoto

Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

Yes, THAT Craig Matsumoto – who used to be at Light Reading from 2002 until 2013 and then went away and did other stuff and now HE'S BACK! As Editor-in-Chief. Go Craig!!

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