Conference09/24/2026@TechDesk
VMware Explore 2026 Las Vegas
Broadcom…Venetian Expo, Sands Avenue, Paradise, Nevada 89109, United States
08/31/2026 - 09/03/2026CONFIRMED 91% CONFIDENCE24 days agoBroadcom's^[1][3][4][6] 17 August release says Explore 2026 is "taking place August 31-September 3 at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center in Las Vegas", and VMware's^[5] Day 1 recap (31 August) says "Day 1 of VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas is officially in full swing" at the Venetian.
Broadcom's VMware conference ran 31 August to 3 September at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center, where it launched VMware Private AI Cloud and VMware AI Factory and said Explore moves to Resorts World in May 2027.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Launches $35B AI XPV Platform With Apollo and Blackstone
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 06/09/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE107 days agoThe release is dated "June 9, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today announced" the platform, which "launches today"; PR Newswire^[4] stamps it "Jun 09, 2026, 09:00 ET" and Apollo's^[5] IR copy "June 09, 2026 9:00am EDT".
A financing platform for more than 20 GW of Broadcom XPU compute for frontier AI labs through 2028, opening with a $35 billion tranche led by Apollo with Blackstone to fund Anthropic's 1 GW-plus expansion at Fluidstack sites.
$35B
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Semiconductors09/24/2026@TechDesk
OpenAI and Broadcom Agree to Deploy 10 GW of Custom AI Accelerators
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 10/13/2025 1:00PMCONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE346 days agoThe release is dated "Oct. 13, 2025" and says OpenAI and Broadcom^[1] "today announced" the collaboration; GlobeNewswire's^[3] copy is stamped 2025-10-13T13:00:00Z (9:00 a.m. ET), and OpenAI's podcast announcing it went up the same minute.
OpenAI will design its own AI accelerators and Broadcom will develop and deploy them in racks built on Broadcom Ethernet, 10 gigawatts in all, starting in the second half of 2026 and finishing by the end of 2029.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
EU Commission Issues Formal Information Demand to Broadcom Over VMware
Berlaymont, European Commission, Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels, BelgiumBroadcom…
Starts 02/26/2026CONFIRMED 92% CONFIDENCE210 days agoThe General Court's order of 3 August 2026 (T-280/26 R) states "On 26 February 2026, the European Commission adopted the contested decision", and Macfarlanes^[1] gives the same day; no time of adoption is published.
The European Commission ordered Broadcom and VMware International to hand over documents within five weeks in case AT.40924 (VMware software licensing), after receiving information alleging Broadcom abuses a dominant position in virtualisation software. The allegations are tying or bundling VMware products, abusive prices, limited interoperability and unfair contract terms.
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AI09/23/2026@TechDesk
Lux AI Supercomputer Arrives at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Third Street, Oak Ridge, Roane County, Tennessee, United StatesHewlett Packard Enterprise…
Starts 06/17/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE99 days agoThe Lux page shows the photo 'The Lux supercomputing system arrives at ORNL^[1][3][4][6]' without a date; that photo's own OLCF page dates it: 'Lux supercomputing system on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 in the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. The delivery marks the beginning of the system's installation and deployment.' No time given, so all day.
DOE's Lux AI cluster, built by HPE with more than 4,000 AMD MI355X GPUs, was delivered to ORNL's leadership computing facility, starting installation of the first dedicated AI system for the Genesis Mission.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Reports Q1 Fiscal 2026 Results: $19.3B Revenue, AI Up 106%
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 03/04/2026 9:15PMCONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE204 days agoThe release is dated "March 4, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today reported financial results for its first quarter"; PR Newswire's copy on Yahoo^[3] Finance is stamped 2026-03-04T21:15:00Z (4:15 p.m. ET, after the close), and the Item 2.02 8-K was accepted at 21:16 UTC.
Broadcom's revenue rose 29% to a record $19.3 billion for the quarter ended 1 February 2026, with AI semiconductor revenue up 106% to $8.4 billion, and it guided the second quarter to $22.0 billion.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
CISPE Sues EU Commission to Annul Broadcom-VMware Merger Approval
Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court), Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Kirchberg, 2514 LuxembourgBroadcom…
Starts 07/23/2025CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe Official Journal notice is headed "Action brought on 23 July 2025 - CISPE^[3][4][5] v Commission (Case T-503/25)"; CISPE's release dated 24 July 2025 says it filed "today", but the Court's record of the lodging day wins; no time is published.
Cloud-provider lobby CISPE asked the EU General Court (Case T-503/25) to annul the Commission's 12 July 2023 clearance of Broadcom's acquisition of VMware (Case M.10806). It argues the Commission failed to assess the deal's effects on server virtualisation software, bundling and innovation.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Broadcom Sues European Commission at EU General Court Over VMware Probe
Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court), Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Kirchberg, 2514 LuxembourgBroadcom…
Starts 05/06/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE141 days agoThe Official Journal notice is headed "Action brought on 6 May 2026" and the General Court's 3 August order says the action was "lodged at the Court Registry on 6 May 2026"; no time is published.^[1]
Broadcom and VMware International asked the EU General Court to annul the Commission's 26 February 2026 information decision in case AT.40924, in so far as it compels documents held outside the EU and legal advice privileged under US and other non-EU law (Case T-280/26).
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Semiconductors09/24/2026@TechDesk
OpenAI's Broadcom-Built Jalapeño Chips Reach First Deployment
3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United StatesBroadcom…
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 76% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysCNBC^[1] (24 June 2026) reports the companies "are aiming for initial deployment of the Jalapeño chips by the end of 2026", and the release says "designed for initial deployment by the end of 2026", so the pin takes that period's last day; Tan expects "small prototype development" in late 2026, and no deployment had been reported by 23 September 2026.
The first deployment of Jalapeño, the inference accelerator OpenAI designed and Broadcom builds under their 10 GW deal, due by the end of 2026 in data centers with Microsoft and other partners, ahead of a planned 1.3 GW in 2027.
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AI09/24/2026@TechDesk
Aramco and Microsoft Sign an Industrial AI MoU in Riyadh
Riyadh, Riyadh governorate, Riyadh Region, 12643, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Aramco
Starts 02/10/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE226 days agoStated as firm by the signing photo Arab News^[3] carries, whose backdrop reads "MoU Signing Ceremony between Aramco and Microsoft, February 10, 2026, Riyadh"; aramco.com^[1] announced it two days later ("DHAHRAN|FEBRUARY 12, 2026").
A non-binding MoU for Aramco to explore industrial AI built on Microsoft Azure, a sovereign-cloud roadmap meeting Saudi data-residency rules and a global marketplace for co-developed energy AI, alongside AI, cybersecurity and data skills programmes in the Kingdom.
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Semiconductors09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Extends Meta Partnership for Multi-Gigawatt MTIA Custom Chips
3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United StatesBroadcom…
Starts 04/14/2026 9:05PMCONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE163 days agoThe release is dated "April 14, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] and Meta "today announced" the partnership; Meta's newsroom post is stamped 2026-04-14T21:05:14Z and The Globe and Mail's GlobeNewswire copy "Tue Apr 14, 4:05PM CDT", after the US market close.
A multi-year deal through 2029 for Broadcom to co-develop and supply Meta's MTIA accelerators and Ethernet networking, starting with more than 1 GW and the industry's first 2nm AI compute accelerator; Hock Tan leaves Meta's board to advise it.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Reports Q3 Fiscal 2026 Results: $29.6B Revenue, Up 86%
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 09/02/2026 8:15PMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE22 days agoThe release is dated "September 2, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today reported financial results for its third quarter"; PR Newswire's copy on Yahoo^[5] Finance is stamped 2026-09-02T20:15:00Z (4:15 p.m. ET, after the close), and the Item 2.02 8-K was accepted at 20:26 UTC.
Broadcom's revenue rose 86% to a record $29.6 billion for the quarter ended 2 August 2026, with AI semiconductor revenue up 221% to $16.7 billion, and Hock Tan said Anthropic is on track to become its largest XPU customer in 2027.
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Broadcom's^[1][2] release is dated "May 05, 2026" and says it "today announced VMware^[5] Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1"; GlobeNewswire's^[4] copy is stamped "May 05, 2026 09:00 ET" (13:00 UTC). The release dates only the announcement; the 12 May availability is from the release notes.

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Broadcom Announces VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 for Production AI

VCF 9.1 is Broadcom's private-cloud platform release for AI inference and agentic workloads, promising up to 40% lower server costs through memory tiering and mixed AMD, Intel and NVIDIA hardware; its release notes are dated 12 May.

Broadcom announced VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 on 5 May 2026 as an AI- and Kubernetes-native private cloud platform with integrated security and mixed compute support across AMD, Intel and NVIDIA^[1]
Broadcom claims up to 40% lower server costs through memory tiering, up to 39% lower storage TCO, up to 46% lower Kubernetes operating costs for AI, 4x faster cluster upgrades and 2x fleet capacity (5,000 hosts), all based on its internal estimates^[1]
Security additions include zero-downtime live patching for up to 80% of use cases, on-premises ransomware recovery with CrowdStrike Falcon, and distributed IDS/IPS extended to Kubernetes AI workloads at 9 Tbps^[1]
It adds NVIDIA ConnectX-7 and BlueField-3 support with Enhanced DirectPath I/O, and EVPN/VXLAN interoperability with Arista's Universal Cloud Network^[1]
A preview of Broadcom's Private Cloud Outlook 2026 found 56% of organizations running or planning production inference in private cloud, while public cloud use for it fell to 41%, down 15% year on year^[1]
VMware's launch blog called 9.1 "a focused release" aimed at being the most cost-effective and secure foundation for production AI, modern and traditional workloads under one control plane^[5]
Broadcom's release notes date VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 to 12 May 2026, a week after the announcement^[2]
The release crossed GlobeNewswire at 09:00 ET on 5 May^[4]; trade press reported the launch that week^[3]

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broadcom.com/company/news/product-releases/64326
broadcom.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts May 5, 2026 ✓· 30% of score
Broadcom's^[2] release is dated "May 05, 2026" and says it "today announced VMware^[5] Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1"; GlobeNewswire's^[4] copy is stamped "May 05, 2026 09:00 ET" (13:00 UTC). The release dates only the announcement; the 12 May availability is from the release notes.
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VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 Release Notes
techdocs.broadcom.com· Published May 12, 2026· 18% of score
Broadcom's^[1] release notes, headed 'VMware^[5] Cloud Foundation 9.1 | 12 MAY 2026' - the availability date a week after the announcement.
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Broadcom Announces the Launch of VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 (Database Trends and Applications)
dbta.com· Published May 8, 2026· 18% of score
Trade-press report of the launch, repeating the mixed AMD/Intel/NVIDIA support, 5,000-host fleet management and Krish Prasad's remarks.^[1]
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Broadcom Announces VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, Enabling Secure and Cost-Effective Infrastructure for Production AI (GlobeNewswire)
globenewswire.com· Published May 5, 2026· 17% of score
Broadcom's^[1][2] wire distribution of the same release, stamped May 05, 2026 09:00 ET.
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VCF 9.1: The Secure, Cost-Effective Private Cloud Platform for Production AI (VMware Cloud Foundation Blog)
blogs.vmware.com· Published May 5, 2026· 17% of score
VMware's launch-day blog by Sabina Anja, with the feature and outcome slides for the release.

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Conference09/24/2026@TechDesk
VMware Explore 2026 Las Vegas
Broadcom…Venetian Expo, Sands Avenue, Paradise, Nevada 89109, United States
08/31/2026 - 09/03/2026CONFIRMED 91% CONFIDENCE24 days agoBroadcom's^[1][3][4][6] 17 August release says Explore 2026 is "taking place August 31-September 3 at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center in Las Vegas", and VMware's^[5] Day 1 recap (31 August) says "Day 1 of VMware Explore 2026 in Las Vegas is officially in full swing" at the Venetian.
Broadcom's VMware conference ran 31 August to 3 September at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center, where it launched VMware Private AI Cloud and VMware AI Factory and said Explore moves to Resorts World in May 2027.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Launches $35B AI XPV Platform With Apollo and Blackstone
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 06/09/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE107 days agoThe release is dated "June 9, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today announced" the platform, which "launches today"; PR Newswire^[4] stamps it "Jun 09, 2026, 09:00 ET" and Apollo's^[5] IR copy "June 09, 2026 9:00am EDT".
A financing platform for more than 20 GW of Broadcom XPU compute for frontier AI labs through 2028, opening with a $35 billion tranche led by Apollo with Blackstone to fund Anthropic's 1 GW-plus expansion at Fluidstack sites.
$35B
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Semiconductors09/24/2026@TechDesk
OpenAI and Broadcom Agree to Deploy 10 GW of Custom AI Accelerators
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 10/13/2025 1:00PMCONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE346 days agoThe release is dated "Oct. 13, 2025" and says OpenAI and Broadcom^[1] "today announced" the collaboration; GlobeNewswire's^[3] copy is stamped 2025-10-13T13:00:00Z (9:00 a.m. ET), and OpenAI's podcast announcing it went up the same minute.
OpenAI will design its own AI accelerators and Broadcom will develop and deploy them in racks built on Broadcom Ethernet, 10 gigawatts in all, starting in the second half of 2026 and finishing by the end of 2029.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
EU Commission Issues Formal Information Demand to Broadcom Over VMware
Berlaymont, European Commission, Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels, BelgiumBroadcom…
Starts 02/26/2026CONFIRMED 92% CONFIDENCE210 days agoThe General Court's order of 3 August 2026 (T-280/26 R) states "On 26 February 2026, the European Commission adopted the contested decision", and Macfarlanes^[1] gives the same day; no time of adoption is published.
The European Commission ordered Broadcom and VMware International to hand over documents within five weeks in case AT.40924 (VMware software licensing), after receiving information alleging Broadcom abuses a dominant position in virtualisation software. The allegations are tying or bundling VMware products, abusive prices, limited interoperability and unfair contract terms.
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AI09/23/2026@TechDesk
Lux AI Supercomputer Arrives at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Third Street, Oak Ridge, Roane County, Tennessee, United StatesHewlett Packard Enterprise…
Starts 06/17/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE99 days agoThe Lux page shows the photo 'The Lux supercomputing system arrives at ORNL^[1][3][4][6]' without a date; that photo's own OLCF page dates it: 'Lux supercomputing system on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 in the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. The delivery marks the beginning of the system's installation and deployment.' No time given, so all day.
DOE's Lux AI cluster, built by HPE with more than 4,000 AMD MI355X GPUs, was delivered to ORNL's leadership computing facility, starting installation of the first dedicated AI system for the Genesis Mission.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Reports Q1 Fiscal 2026 Results: $19.3B Revenue, AI Up 106%
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 03/04/2026 9:15PMCONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE204 days agoThe release is dated "March 4, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today reported financial results for its first quarter"; PR Newswire's copy on Yahoo^[3] Finance is stamped 2026-03-04T21:15:00Z (4:15 p.m. ET, after the close), and the Item 2.02 8-K was accepted at 21:16 UTC.
Broadcom's revenue rose 29% to a record $19.3 billion for the quarter ended 1 February 2026, with AI semiconductor revenue up 106% to $8.4 billion, and it guided the second quarter to $22.0 billion.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
CISPE Sues EU Commission to Annul Broadcom-VMware Merger Approval
Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court), Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Kirchberg, 2514 LuxembourgBroadcom…
Starts 07/23/2025CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe Official Journal notice is headed "Action brought on 23 July 2025 - CISPE^[3][4][5] v Commission (Case T-503/25)"; CISPE's release dated 24 July 2025 says it filed "today", but the Court's record of the lodging day wins; no time is published.
Cloud-provider lobby CISPE asked the EU General Court (Case T-503/25) to annul the Commission's 12 July 2023 clearance of Broadcom's acquisition of VMware (Case M.10806). It argues the Commission failed to assess the deal's effects on server virtualisation software, bundling and innovation.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Broadcom Sues European Commission at EU General Court Over VMware Probe
Court of Justice of the European Union (General Court), Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Kirchberg, 2514 LuxembourgBroadcom…
Starts 05/06/2026CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE141 days agoThe Official Journal notice is headed "Action brought on 6 May 2026" and the General Court's 3 August order says the action was "lodged at the Court Registry on 6 May 2026"; no time is published.^[1]
Broadcom and VMware International asked the EU General Court to annul the Commission's 26 February 2026 information decision in case AT.40924, in so far as it compels documents held outside the EU and legal advice privileged under US and other non-EU law (Case T-280/26).
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Semiconductors09/24/2026@TechDesk
OpenAI's Broadcom-Built Jalapeño Chips Reach First Deployment
3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United StatesBroadcom…
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED 76% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysCNBC^[1] (24 June 2026) reports the companies "are aiming for initial deployment of the Jalapeño chips by the end of 2026", and the release says "designed for initial deployment by the end of 2026", so the pin takes that period's last day; Tan expects "small prototype development" in late 2026, and no deployment had been reported by 23 September 2026.
The first deployment of Jalapeño, the inference accelerator OpenAI designed and Broadcom builds under their 10 GW deal, due by the end of 2026 in data centers with Microsoft and other partners, ahead of a planned 1.3 GW in 2027.
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AI09/24/2026@TechDesk
Aramco and Microsoft Sign an Industrial AI MoU in Riyadh
Riyadh, Riyadh governorate, Riyadh Region, 12643, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Aramco
Starts 02/10/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE226 days agoStated as firm by the signing photo Arab News^[3] carries, whose backdrop reads "MoU Signing Ceremony between Aramco and Microsoft, February 10, 2026, Riyadh"; aramco.com^[1] announced it two days later ("DHAHRAN|FEBRUARY 12, 2026").
A non-binding MoU for Aramco to explore industrial AI built on Microsoft Azure, a sovereign-cloud roadmap meeting Saudi data-residency rules and a global marketplace for co-developed energy AI, alongside AI, cybersecurity and data skills programmes in the Kingdom.
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Semiconductors09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Extends Meta Partnership for Multi-Gigawatt MTIA Custom Chips
3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United StatesBroadcom…
Starts 04/14/2026 9:05PMCONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE163 days agoThe release is dated "April 14, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] and Meta "today announced" the partnership; Meta's newsroom post is stamped 2026-04-14T21:05:14Z and The Globe and Mail's GlobeNewswire copy "Tue Apr 14, 4:05PM CDT", after the US market close.
A multi-year deal through 2029 for Broadcom to co-develop and supply Meta's MTIA accelerators and Ethernet networking, starting with more than 1 GW and the industry's first 2nm AI compute accelerator; Hock Tan leaves Meta's board to advise it.
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Finance09/24/2026@TechDesk
Broadcom Reports Q3 Fiscal 2026 Results: $29.6B Revenue, Up 86%
Broadcom…3421 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States
Starts 09/02/2026 8:15PMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE22 days agoThe release is dated "September 2, 2026" and says Broadcom^[1] "today reported financial results for its third quarter"; PR Newswire's copy on Yahoo^[5] Finance is stamped 2026-09-02T20:15:00Z (4:15 p.m. ET, after the close), and the Item 2.02 8-K was accepted at 20:26 UTC.
Broadcom's revenue rose 86% to a record $29.6 billion for the quarter ended 2 August 2026, with AI semiconductor revenue up 221% to $16.7 billion, and Hock Tan said Anthropic is on track to become its largest XPU customer in 2027.
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