Broadcom buys business of AMD number TV

September 7, 2008

Broadcom and AMD combination announce, both sides has reached final agreement, the digital TV that Broadcom will buy AMD (DTV) business.

This trades predicting meeting is in the fourth quarter is finished this year, predict to will strengthen the digital TV business of Broadcom greatly, patulous its product line, cover high school low end in the round digital TV platform and flat processor.

Group of AMD number TV is located in what the whole world designs a center 6 times to make an appointment with 530 members and staff of a few relevant support to will turn into Broadcom, and the product line of whole number TV of AMD also can belong to Broadcom, include Xilleon 200 series processor of TV of number of set of chip of compositive receiver of design of reference of compositive processor, whole set, NXT, Theater 300 and a series of flat processor are waited a moment.

According to the agreement, broadcom will trade to pay to AMD for this aboutReady money of 192.8 million dollar. This trade to had gotten two companies board of directors agree, but the sanction that need not pass partner.