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Broadcom Inc. Common Stock and IPG Photonics Corporation

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Broadcom Inc. Common Stock

Broadcom Inc. designs, develops, and supplies various semiconductor devices and infrastructure software solutions worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Semiconductor Solutions and Infrastructure Software. It provides Ethernet switching and routing custom silicon solutions, optical and copper physical layer devices, and fiber optic transmitter and receiver components; set-top box system-on-chips (SoCs), data over cable service interface specifications cable modem and networking infrastructure, DSL access multiplexer/PON optical line termination products, and Wi-Fi access point SoCs, as well as digital subscriber line (DSL)/cable, passive optical networking (PON) gateways; and fiber optic components and mobile device connectivity solutions. The company also offers RF front end modules and filters; Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and global positioning system/global navigation satellite system SoCs; custom touch controllers; inductive charging application specific integrated circuits; serial attached small computer system interface and redundant array of independent disks controllers and adapters, peripheral component interconnect express switches, fiber channel host bus adapters, read channel based SoCs, custom flash controllers, and preamplifiers; and optocouplers, industrial fiber optics, industrial and medical sensors, motion control encoders and subsystems, light emitting diodes, ethernet PHYs, switch ICs, and camera microcontrollers. Its products are used in various applications in enterprise and data center networking, including artificial intelligence networking and connectivity, home connectivity, set-top boxes, broadband access, telecommunication equipment, smartphones and base stations, data center servers and storage systems, factory automation, power generation and alternative energy systems, and electronic displays. Broadcom Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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IPG Photonics Corporation

IPG Photonics Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells various high-performance fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers, and diode lasers used in materials processing, medical, and advanced applications worldwide. The company offers laser products, including hybrid fiber-solid state lasers with green and ultraviolet wavelengths; fiber pigtailed packaged diodes and fiber coupled direct diode laser systems; and high-energy pulsed lasers, multi-wavelength and tunable lasers, and single-polarization and single-frequency lasers, as well as other versions. It also provides complementary products, such as optical fiber delivery cables, fiber couplers, beam switches, optical processing heads, process measuring and monitoring technologies, and chillers. In addition, the company offers integrated laser systems comprising LightWELD, a handheld laser welding system; 2D compact flat sheet cutter systems and multi-axis systems for fine welding, cutting, and drilling; high precision laser systems for medical technology industry; welding seam stepper and picker, a fiber laser welding tool; laser and non-laser robotic welding and automation solutions; and specialized fiber laser systems for material processing applications. The company sells and markets its products to original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, and end users through direct sales force, as well as through agreements with independent sales representatives and distributors. It serves general manufacturing, automotive, consumer goods, medical devices, energy/renewable energy, micro electronics, original equipment manufacturers instrument manufacturing, scientific, as well as aerospace and defense, rail, and shipbuilding markets. IPG Photonics Corporation was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

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