Broadcom vs Eaton

Broadcom Corporation is an American fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1991. In 1995, the company moved from its Westwood, Los Angeles, office to Irvine, California. In 1998, Broadcom became a public company on the NASDAQ exchange and now employs approximately 11,750 people worldwide in more than 15 countries.

Powerware is an Eaton Corporation brand for power quality related products such as uninterruptible power supplies and surge protection, ranging from protection of single computers to industrial power backup systems. The brand also includes DC products for IT and telecommunications applications ranging from small customer-premises equipment to the largest telephone exchanges and switching centers.