Agere Systems

Agere Systems, Inc.
IndustrySemiconductor-integrated circuits
FoundedSpun off from Lucent Technologies on June 1, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-06-01)
DefunctApril 2, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-04-02)
FateMerged into LSI Corporation
SuccessorLSI Corporation, Avago Technologies, and Intel Corp
HeadquartersAllentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Key people
Richard L. Clemmer, President and CEO
ProductsIntegrated circuits
Number of employees
~17,000

Agere Systems, Inc. was an integrated circuit components company based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Spun out of Lucent Technologies in 2002, Agere was merged into LSI Corporation in 2007.[1] LSI was in turn acquired by Avago Technologies in 2014. In early 2016, Avago acquired the former Broadcom Corporation, and took on the name Broadcom Inc.

  1. ^ "LSI Logic completes Agere acquisition". Reuters. 2007-04-02. Retrieved 2022-03-20.