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Article: Broadcom Leads Chipmakers' 6% Job Gain
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- Orange County Business Journal
- Article date:
- November 17, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright CBJ, L. P. Nov 17-Nov 23, 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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TECHNOLOGY: Company buys, restructuring created big list changes
Broadcom Corp. once again led a hiring surge this year at the county's largest chipmakers - but the company doesn't expect the growth to continue.
The Irvine-based communications chipmaker topped this week's Business Journal list of largest chipmakers by OC employees and added 23 1 local workers during the past year, a 14% gain for a total of 1,848 employees.
Last year, Broadcom also did the most hiring of any chipmaker here, adding some 1 70 jobs.
The company, which prides itself on nabbing the best and brightest engineers, is set to hold steady the coming year.
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