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> Broadcom chips aren't very well regarded in PC Gaming or Server enthusiast markets either I always thought that it was funny that their NICs are much to be d
by Bluecobra 5y ago
> Broadcom chips aren't very well regarded in PC Gaming or Server enthusiast markets either
I always thought that it was funny that their NICs are much to be desired yet their ASICs power a wide variety of enterprise network switches capable of moving terabits of traffic at low latency.
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- TwoBit 5y agoIf people keep buying their crap then why would they be motivated to fix it?
- spiznnx 5y agoBroadcom has been through so many mergers and acquisitions that I doubt the two product lines have much DNA in common.
- wmf 5y agoEven Broadcom's wired NICs have different generations that came from different acquisitions: Tigon3 (tg3) came from Alteon AceNIC, I forgot where NetExtreme 2 (bnx2) came from, and NetExteme E (bnxt) is an in-house effort that is somewhat derived from the StrataXGS switches. So yeah, Broadcom is a rollup of two dozen different companies so the quality of one product tells you nothing about others.