IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected John A. Swainson, former CEO of CA Inc., to the Broadcom Board of Directors.

Mr. Swainson, 56, served as CEO and director of CA, Inc., an enterprise systems management software company from 2004 - 2009, where he oversaw the strategic direction and day-to-day operations of the company. From 1978 to 2004, Mr. Swainson worked for IBM Corp, where he held a number of senior management roles, most recently as vice president of worldwide software sales where he oversaw sales for all IBM software products globally. He started his business career as a metallurgist for the Utah Mines division of General Electric.

Mr. Swainson is a senior advisor to Silver Lake Partners, a global private equity firm, and he is also a director of Visa Inc. where he serves as Lead Independent Director, Assurant, Inc., and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. He received a bachelor in applied science degree in mineral engineering from the University of British Columbia.

"We are very pleased to have John, a seasoned, experienced and successful executive, join our board," said Scott A. McGregor, Broadcom's CEO and President. "John is the rare executive who possesses strong strategic skills and expertise in software and corporate data centers, coupled with extensive engineering, sales and finance experience. We look forward to his contributions and counsel as Broadcom continues to grow and expand our business worldwide."

Broadcom's Board of Directors now has eight members, of which seven are independent directors. The members of the Board are: Mr. McGregor; Chairman John E. Major; Joan L. Amble; Nancy H. Handel; Eddy W. Hartenstein; William T. Morrow; Mr. Swainson and Robert E. Switz.

About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything®.

Broadcom, one of the world's largest fabless communications semiconductor companies, with 2009 revenue of $4.49 billion, holds more than 4,300 U.S. and 1,800 foreign patents, and has more than 7,900 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.

A FORTUNE 500® company, Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at www.broadcom.com.

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