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Broadcom arranges $43B residual-value backstop on AI rack leases to hyperscaler customer.
Broadcom has arranged for financial partners to assume portions of AI rack purchase and lease agreements with a major hyperscaler customer, while retaining contingent liability via a $43 billion residual-value backstop to a special purpose vehicle. The backstop covers the difference between 72.5% of outstanding lease obligations and the resale value of AI racks, with remedies including lease assumption, fixed-price resale, or asset liquidation. Management characterizes the backstop as a low-probability contingent liability supported by the customer's expected strong profitability and asset durability.
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$63.9B
AVGO 10-K · FY 2025
Employees
33,000
Revenue FY2024
$51.6B
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA
Profile
AVGO 10-K Item 1 · Dec 18, 2025Broadcom is a global technology company that designs, develops, and supplies semiconductor and semiconductor-based solutions alongside infrastructure software solutions. Its semiconductor portfolio spans networking, wireless, storage, broadband, and industrial end markets, while its software division — anchored by the VMware acquisition — addresses private cloud, mainframe, cybersecurity, and enterprise software. The company serves hyperscalers, large enterprises, OEMs, and government agencies worldwide.
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We are a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and semiconductor-based solutions and infrastructure software solutions. Our more than 60-year history of innovation dates back to our diverse origins from AT&T/Bell Labs, Lucent and Hewlett-Packard Company, and has evolved through acquisitions, including LSI Corporation, Broadcom Corporation, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., CA, Inc., Symantec Enterprise Security, and VMware, Inc. We maintain design, product and software development engineering expertise and resources at locations primarily in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. We combine global scale, engineering depth, broad product portfolio, superior execution and operational focus to deliver category-leading semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. Our semiconductor solutions enable AI data center infrastructure for training and inference workloads, accelerated compute and networking connectivity at scale, and open, flexible, standards-based Ethernet. Our infrastructure software solutions help enterprises simplify their IT environments, enabling scalability, agility, automation, insights, resiliency and security for the most complex private cloud, hybrid cloud and edge environments. We have two reportable segments: semiconductor solutions and infrastructure software. Our strategy is focused on sustained technology leadership and developing category-leading solutions, achieved through extensive internal research and development as well as strategic acquisitions.
Primary products
- Custom Silicon Solutions (ASICs/XPUs)
- Ethernet Switching & Routing
- Ethernet NIC Controllers
- Physical Layer Devices (PHYs)
- Fiber Optic Components
- RF Semiconductor Devices
Business segments
End markets
Geographies
Named customers
We believe aggregate sales to our top five end customers, through all channels, accounted for approximately 40% of our net revenue for each of the fiscal years 2025 and 2024.
“We combine global scale, engineering depth, broad product portfolio, superior execution and operational focus to deliver category-leading semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions.” Competitive position, as stated in the filing
Revenue commentary · FY 2025
Total net revenue increased from $51,574 million in fiscal year 2024 to $63,887 million in fiscal year 2025, driven by growth in both products revenue and subscriptions and services revenue.
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