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BRUSSELS, July 12 (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Broadcom (AVGO.O) secured EU antitrust approval on Wednesday for its $61 billion proposed acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware (VMW.N) after offering remedies to help rival Marvell Technology (MRVL.O). The deal, Broadcom's largest ever, will help the chipmaker diversify into enterprise software. Broadcom offered Marvell and other rivals interoperability commitments related to its Fibre Channel Host-Bus Adapters (FC HBAs), a kind of storage adapters, the European Commission said, confirming a Reuters story last month. Marvell and other rivals will also have guaranteed access to the source code for all of Broadcom's current and future FC HBA drivers through an irrevocable open source license. "The commitments offered by Broadcom will enable its only rival Marvell, to continue competing on equal footing and ensure a similar protection for any future entrants," EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said in a statement.
Persons: Marvell, Margrethe Vestager, Foo Yun Chee, Jason Neely Organizations: chipmaker Broadcom, VMware, Marvell Technology, Broadcom, Marvell, Fibre, HBAs, European Commission, Reuters, FC HBAs, FC HBA, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, European Union, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, Australia, Brazil, Canada, South Africa, Taiwan
[1/2] A smartphone with a displayed Broadcom logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. Broadcom is a leading supplier of FC HBAs, which are storage adapters that connect servers to storage located outside the server on a storage-area network using the fiber channel protocol. The VMware deal is Broadcom's largest-ever acquisition as it looks to diversify into enterprise software. The European Commission declined to comment. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the UK competition agency are also examining the deal.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, Foo Yun Chee, Mark Porter Organizations: Broadcom, REUTERS, chipmaker Broadcom, VMware, Reuters, HBAs, Marvell Technology, FC HBAs, European, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS
The EU antitrust watchdog, which is scheduled to decide on the deal by July 17, and Broadcom declined to comment. One of the remedies focuses on Fibre Channel Host-Bus Adapters (FC HBAs) and is targeted at rival Marvell Technology, one of the people said. Marvell Technology did not respond to a request for comment. FC HBAs are storage adapters that connect servers to storage located outside the server on a storage-area network using the fiber channel protocol, typically through a switch. Broadcom is a leading supplier of FC HBAs.
Persons: Foo Yun Chee, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: chipmaker Broadcom, VMware, Broadcom, HBAs, Marvell Technology, FC HBAs, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, EU
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