Broadcom Inc.

Built World

Dominant supplier of broadband gateway and Wi-Fi silicon; pushed Wi-Fi 8 down to mass-market price tier

For two decades, 'fiber to every home' was promised and postponed — not because of the fiber, but because gateway hardware stayed too expensive for carriers to include free. On April 30, 2026, Broadcom announced chipsets designed to change that: a 10-gigabit passive optical network (PON) gateway system-on-chip and two paired Wi-Fi 8 radios, all engineered for mass-market price points.

Updated May 31

Money Moves

Primary competitor to Marvell in custom AI chips; not part of Nvidia's investment ecosystem

In ten months, Nvidia has poured roughly $14 billion into six companies that supply the chips, networking gear, optical links, and cloud capacity its artificial intelligence platform depends on. The latest: a $2 billion stake in Marvell Technology, the custom-chip designer behind Amazon's Trainium and Microsoft's Maia accelerators, announced March 31, 2026. Marvell's stock jumped 13% on the news.

Updated May 30

Rule Changes

Committed to Trump Accounts program

Starting July 4, 2026, the U.S. will deposit $1,000 into a stock market index fund for every American born between 2025 and 2028—accessible at age 18 for education, homebuying, or starting a business. This is the nation's first universal child investment program; over 1 million families enrolled the first week.

Updated May 23