Broadcom vs Fabasoft

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.

Fabasoft AG is a software manufacturer headquartered in Linz, Upper Austria. The company was established in 1988 by Helmut Fallmann and Leopold Bauernfeind. The name Fabasoft is an acronym of Fallmann Bauernfeind Software. The fiscal year of Fabasoft AG commences on April 1. The number of employees at the respective reporting date, March 31, has increased during recent years, from 100 staff in 2003 to 185 and 203. Corporate revenue also increased from EUR 16.94 million in the 20032006 fiscal year.