BroadLight

BroadLight is a fabless semiconductor company which designs, manufactures and markets Fiber Access and embedded processors System-on-a-chip (SoC). Founded in 2000^[1] by Ran Dror, David Levi, Haim Ben Amram, Didi Ivancovsky and Raanan Ivry, it is headquartered in Herzeliya, Israel with offices in the United States, China, Taiwan and Korea.

BroadLight.

Industry	Semiconductors
Founded	June 2000
Founder	Ran Dror David Levi Haim Ben Amram Didi Ivancovsky Raanan Ivry
Headquarters	Herzliya, Israel
Key people	Raanan Gewirtzman, Chief Executive Officer Chee Kwan, VP Sales Didi Ivancovsky, Founder, VP Carriers Strategy Doron Tal, VP Business Development & Marketing Dror Heldenberg, CFO Eli Weitz, CTO Gal Sitton, VP Systems Igor Elkanovich, VP VLSI
Products	Fiber Access & Embedded Processors
Number of employees	140
Website	www.broadlight.com

Market

BroadLight predicted that the fiber-to-the-home market would outpace xDSL copper broadband installations^[2] and that the market would require and benefit from highly integrated Fiber Access semiconductor SoC. The company was recognized to achieve significant market share^[3][4] and an established top-tier customer position^[5]

Intellectual Property

Since 2004 BroadLight has been awarded multiple patents^[6] in the area of fiber access and CPE network processing.

Acquisition by Broadcom

In April 2012 Broadcom Corporation acquired^[7][8] BroadLight for $230M in a cash transaction.