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www.broadcom.com
The Need for STEM Professionals
STEM Summit 2010: Early Childhood Thru Higher EducationFebruary 18, 2010
Host: National Academy of Engineering
Dr. Henry SamueliCo-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Broadcom Corporation
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The invention of the transistor 60 years ago – which evolved into the integrated circuit a decade later – has probably had more impact on society than any other invention in the last 100 years!
Profound Impact ofSemiconductor Innovation
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About Broadcom
• Founded in 1991 by two UCLA alumni
• Initial public offering in April 1998 (NASDAQ-BRCM)
• Global leader in semiconductors forwired and wireless communications
• 2009 revenue of $4.5 billion
• Fortune 500 company
• 7,500 full-time employees worldwide– 5,600 are engineers (75%)
• Broad patent portfolio with over 12,000 issued and pending U.S. and foreign patents
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Broadcom’s Global Presence
Headquarters in Irvine, CA50 R&D Centers24 Sales Offices
Japan
Singapore
SouthKorea
TaiwanShenzhen
Beijing
ShanghaiDuluth
MorrisvilleDallas
Austin
San Diego
San Jose
Matawan
Seattle
Sunnyvale
Houston
Richmond, BC
Germantown
Santa Clara
Andover
Colorado Springs
Edina
Irvine
Tempe
Longmont
Québec
Fort Collins
Glen Rock
MarkhamKanata
India
GermanyBelgiumNetherlands
Israel
France
Sweden Finland
Denmark
Greece
United Kingdom
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Engineering Degree Distribution Corporate Wide
Education Level
Number of Employees
% of Employees
High School 79 1.4%
Two-Year College 86 1.6%
Bachelor’s 2,001 37.5%
Master’s 2,707 48.3%
Doctorate 617 11.2%
60% of Broadcom’s engineering workforce has advanced degrees
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Engineering Gender Distribution Corporate Wide
Gender Number of Employees
% of Employees
Male 5,036 89.2%
Female 612 10.8%
Something must be done to encourage more women to pursue engineering careers!!!
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U.S. Engineering Ethnic Distribution
Ethnicity Number of Employees
% of Employees
American Indian 8 0.2%
Asian 1,970 53.4%
Black 27 0.7%
Hispanic 57 1.5%
Multi-Ethnic 3 0.1%
Pacific Islander 6 0.2%
White 963 26.1%
Undeclared 655 17.8%
Under-represented minorities are virtually non-existent in the engineering workforce – not good!!!
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Average Broadcom Salaries for U.S. College Graduates
Degree Average AnnualSalary (US$)
Bachelor’s $70,000
Master’s $80,000
Doctorate $100,000
Salaries for engineering graduates are among the highest of any college field!
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Engineering Employee Distribution and Salaries by Country
Country Number of Engineers
% of Engineers
Average AnnualSalary (US$)
Canada 255 4.5% $106,000
China 217 3.8% $29,000
Europe 363 6.4% $95,000
India 438 7.8% $33,000
Israel 165 2.9% $101,000
Korea 78 1.4% $58,000
Singapore 95 1.7% $61,000
Taiwan 240 4.3% $54,000
United States 3,795 67.2% $128,000
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Conclusions
• Innovation in the STEM fields is the only way the U.S. can maintain its standard of living– If we lose our edge in STEM our standard of living will drop precipitously
• U.S. hi-tech companies cannot survive without an elite STEM workforce– Today a significant percentage of this talent is acquired via foreign graduates of U.S.
universities. The U.S. has historically been a magnet for the best and brightest international students
– As STEM opportunities increase overseas, the pool of elite international students will naturally decrease and therefore must be replaced by U.S. students otherwise companies will simply expand in international locations to acquire the talent
• There is a severe shortage of females and under-represented minorities in the STEM fields– This has very negative long-term social implications since the STEM fields have much
higher than average salaries– High salaries alone are clearly insufficient to stimulate interest in the STEM fields
Cultural transformations are required to stimulate interest in STEM beginning in early childhood education