IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 1, 2013 — (PRNewswire) —  Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today announced it has completed its acquisition of LTE-related assets from affiliates of Renesas Electronics Corporation for approximately $164 million. The acquisition is expected to accelerate availability of Broadcom's multimode, carrier-validated LTE SoC platform. For more news, visit Broadcom's Newsroom.

Broadcom will include Renesas' contribution to financial performance in its fourth quarter earnings results.  

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Important risk factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom in connection with the transaction include, but are not limited to the risks inherent in acquisitions of technologies and businesses, including the timing and successful completion of technology and product development through volume production; business and employee integration and restructuring issues, costs and unanticipated expenditures; changing relationships with customers, suppliers and strategic partners; potential contractual, intellectual property or retention or other employment issues, unanticipated disruption or costs related to services to be provided by Renesas to Broadcom in connection with the transaction; and charges resulting from restructuring, purchase accounting adjustments or fair value measurements; and unexpected variations in market growth and demand for LTE products and related technologies.

Broadcom's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks as well as other important risk factors that could contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, or the guidance provided today. The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of this date. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement to reflect future events or circumstances.

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