- Partners with Microsoft to extend the Mediaroom ecosystem by enabling Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV client software to operate on next-generation set-top boxes utilizing Broadcom solutions.
- Industry's most advanced high definition (HD) AVC/MPEG encoder/transcoder that enables the personal computer to function as a multimedia gateway in the connected home.
- Partners with Trolltech to deliver complete multimedia enabled VoIP solutions.
- Collaborates with Boingo Wireless Inc. to enable instant wireless network connections for Wi-Fi phone users across the globe.
- New turnkey Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD reference design for developing the world's newest generation of high definition (HD) optical disc players.
- Collaborates with Coship Electronics to deliver first commercial high definition set-top box solution for china, in time for Beijing Olympics.
- Industry's First Single-Chip High Definition Set-Top Box Solution With China AVS Support.
- Sunext Design, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Technology: Optical drive technologies
- Awards: Broadcom's new VideoCore III multimedia processor is awarded 2007 Product of the Year by Electronic Products Magazine.
- Royal Visit: His Royal Highness, Prince Andrew the Duke of York visits Broadcom's Irvine headquarters for a special tour of Broadcom. Prince Andrew and his trade delegation are treated to technology demonstrations highlighting the cutting-edge products being produced by our talented engineers in the UK. Demonstrations include Broadcom's advanced digital-to-analog converter box solution (developed in Bristol) and the highly-integrated VideoCore III multimedia processor (developed in Cambridge).
- New Leadership: Scott A. Bibaud, VP/GM of Broadcom's fastest growing and largest line of business, the Wireless Personal Area Networking (PAN) group, has been appointed SVP/GM of Broadcom's Mobile Platforms Group (MPG).
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- Enters Media PC market with advanced PC solutions for Blu-ray Disc, HD Downloads, and Broadcasts.
- Nokia selects Broadcom's advanced singlechip cellular baseband processor and power management for EDGE phones.
- Introduces complete DTV receiver system designed to meet the NTIA's digital-to-analog converter box program.
- Industry's first 65-nm Gigabit Ethernet switches.
- Industry's most advanced 65-nm solution for next generation cable, satellite, and IP set-top boxes.
- Introduces its first single-chip GPS solution for mobile applications.
- World's first full-featured, single-chip 802.11n solution.
- Industry's first low power multimedia processor that enables a HD video camcorder, 12-megapixel camera and HD playback in cellphones and portable media players.
- Samsung selects Broadcom's advanced 3G solutions and power management for handsets.
- World's first "3G Phone-on-a-Chip" solution, incorporating a HSPA processor and all the 3G cellular and mobile technologies on a low power, single 65-nm CMOS die.
- Industry's first Bluetooth headset solution with noise cancellation.
- Industry's most advanced real-time, HD video/audio encoder/transcoder single-chip solution, allowing music and video to be shared between entertainment devices.
- Partners with Electronic Arts to deliver high performance gaming on mobile phones using Broadcom's VideoCore.
- Joins the S60 Product Creation Community, advancing its smartphone solutions in collaboration with the world's leading Mobile Open OS platform.
- Enables innovative applications in home entertainment with new solution that combines popular Broadcom Bluetooth wireless solutions with the company's industry leading digital cable and satellite television set-top box (STB) technologies.
- Global Locate, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Technology: IC and software for GPS and AGPS
- Octalica, Inc. (Newton Centre, MA)
Technology: MoCA Home Networking over Coaxial
- Recognized: Ranked among the world's top five merchant 3G baseband suppliers by iSuppli Corporation.
- New CFO: Eric K. Brandt, former chief financial officer of Allergan, Inc., joins Broadcom as new Senior Vice President and CFO.
- Expansion: Broadcom moves into its newly built Irvine, CA headquarters in University Research Park, occupying eight new buildings with over 700,000 square feet.
- Expansion: Broadcom opens new campus in San Diego, CA.
- Expansion: In collaboration with Microsoft, Broadcom expands its cellular design center in Taiwan to drive development of next generation Microsoft Windows Mobile smart phones.
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- World's first 7.2-Mbps true single-chip HSDPA
mobile phone processor.
- Achieves market leadership in Bluetooth for
mobile phones and launches world's first
single-chip Bluetooth + FM radio device.
- Achieves market leadership in Bluetooth for
mobile phones and launches world's first
single-chip Bluetooth + FM radio device.
- Industry's first Wi-Fi solutions designed to
comply with IEEE 802.11n draft specification.
- World's first Wi-Fi video phone chipset.
- Industry's first complete Blu-ray/HD DVD
system-on-a-chip solution for universal
media players.
- Industry's first single-chip, 65-nm
high-definition 1080p digital TV solution.
- Enters applications processor market with first
mobile solution combining multimedia and an
applications processor.
- Enters the portable power management market
with first power management unit (PMU).
- Advances the wireless gaming experience with
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technologies integrated
into Nintendo's Wii game console.
- Sandburst Corporation (Andover, MA)
Technology: Enterprise & Metro Ethernet Networks
- LVL7 Systems, Inc. (Morrisville, NC)
Technology: Software for IP/Ethernet Networks
- Expansion: Broadcom headquarters now
encompass Alton and Discovery Campuses with
a total of 8 buildings; scheduled move to new
URP campus is Q1 2007.
- Expansion: Broadcom opens second office in
Andover, MA. Internationally, new design center
established in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
- Stock: February 22nd, 3-for-2 stock split.
- A reorganization: Broadcom splits the
Mobile & Wireless Group and appoints two
Vice Presidents; Robert A. Rango, Senior VP
and GM of the Wireless Connectivity Group
and Yossi Cohen, Senior VP and GM, Mobile
Platforms Group.
- Broadcom celebrates 15 years of innovation.
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- Industry's most advanced high-definition
television (HDTV) chip that supports both
analog and digital reception.
- RAIDCore controller cards achieve an
unprecedented industry's first with over
1 gigabyte per second GB/s throughput.
- New single-chip mobile VoIP processor for
Wi-Fi phones.
- Industry's first ADSL2+/VDSL2 multimode
chipsets featuring channel bonding capabilities
for central office and CPE.
- First Gigabit Ethernet IP phone chip.
- World's first integrated Ethernet switch
solutions featuring embedded security, IPv6
routing, and wireless LAN support.
- Alliant Networks, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Technology: Cellular
(Networking and Internet Connectivity)
- Zeevo, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Technology: Bluetooth for Wireless Headsets
- Siliquent Technologies, Inc.
(Mountain View, CA & Tel Aviv, Israel)
Technology: 10-Gigabit Ethernet
(Server Networking and Networking Storage)
- Athena Semiconductors, Inc.
(Fremont, CA & Athens, Greece)
Technology: Mobile and WLAN
- New leadership: Scott A. McGregor, former
president and chief executive officer of Phillips
Semiconductors, joins Broadcom as new
president and CEO.
- Expansion: Broadcom opens new offices in
Andover, MA. Internationally, design centers
are established in Bangalore, Cambridge,
and Copenhagen.
- Awards: IDC recognizes Broadcom as the fastest
growing enterprise IP phone chip supplier.
- NASDAQ market open: On May 10, McGregor
initiates this day of trading during the official
Opening Bell ceremony.
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- Enters consumer TV market with industry's
first single-chip dual-channel HD video/audio/
graphics PVR solution.
- World's first C-NIC GbE controller, integrating
iSCSI, RDMA, TCP/IP offload engine and remote
system management functionality on a single
network fabric chip for servers.
- Industry's first single-chip solution integrating
all required system features for entry-level settop
DBS boxes.
- Unprecedented level of integration reached
with industry's first single-chip 24-port Fast
Ethernet switch.
- Industry's first GHz quad-core
broadband processor.
- Industry's most integrated Wi-Fi router
processor with 54g wireless LAN routing, Fast
Ethernet switching, accelerated VPN security,
and MIPS processor.
- Alphamosaic (Cambridge, UK)
Technology: Mobile Imaging, Multimedia, and
3D Graphics
- RAIDCore, Inc. (Nashua, NH)
Technology: Enterprise-Class RAID Software
(SATA)
- M-Stream, Inc. (Kfar-Saba, Israel)
Technology: Cellular for Voice, Video, Music
and Multimedia
- Sand Video, Inc. (Andover, MA)
Technology: Video Compression
- WIDCOMM, Inc.
(San Diego, Germantown, Taipei, Tokyo, Paris)
Technology: Bluetooth
- Zyray Wireless, Inc. (San Diego, CA)
Technology: Mobile (Advanced Imaging,
Multimedia & 3D)
- Expansion: Broadcom begins plans to relocate
headquarters to UCI's University Research Park
(URP).
- Awards: Broadcom named "Most Respected
Public Fabless Company" by Fabless
Semiconductor Association (FSA) for the fourth
time in the past seven years.
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- 54g wireless LAN reference designs achieve
Wi-Fi Certification for 802.11b interoperability
and are selected by Dell for Latitude notebooks.
- Strategic partnership with Ningbo Bird, the
largest local supplier of cellular phone handsets
in China.
- Broadcom's cellular phone technology powers
the Handspring Treo 600 smartphone.
- Broadcom ships world's first single-chip
Wi-Fi solution.
- Apple selects advanced Bluetooth technology
for their new wireless keyboard and mouse.
- Motorola selects single-chip Broadcom
Bluetooth solutions for their latest family of
mobile phones.
- AT&T Wireless launches national high-speed
wireless network using Broadcom's
EDGE technology.
- Gadzoox Networks, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Technology: Storage Networking
- Awards: Henry Samueli is named to the National
Academy of Engineering for his pioneering
contributions to academic research and
technology entrepreneurship in the development
of semiconductors for use in broadband
communications.
- A reorganization: Broadcom restructures
its business units and appoints four Vice
Presidents:
- Thomas F. Lagatta, VP and GM of the Client Server
Networking Business Unit
- Robert A. Rango, VP and GM of the Network
Infrastructure Business Unit
- Ford G. Tamer, Ph.D., VP and GM of the Switching and
Security
- Daniel A. Marotta, VP and GM of the Broadband
Communications Business Unit
- Advertising: Broadcom launches its first ever
advertising campaign.
- New leadership: Henry Nicholas resigns
as president and chief executive officer of
Broadcom. Alan "Lanny" Ross becomes
interim CEO.
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- Enters 802.11 WLAN market and ships industry's first
54g wireless chipset for business, home, and public
access.
- Industry's first single-chip IP phone solution for
enterprise networks.
- NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet controller boosts
performance of Compaq Evo workstation and desktop
computers.
- StrataXGS switch architecture enables new
class of stackable, multilayer Gigabit Ethernet
switches at a cost structure comparable to Fast
Ethernet switches.
- BladeRunner 12-port, full-rate ADSL CO chipset
features breakthrough port density and low
power technologies (less than 1 watt per port).
- First to offer low-cost solution for two-way,
high-speed Internet access over satellite.
- Leading server manufacturers - IBM, HP, and
Dell - adopt Broadcom's Ethernet technology
for their blade server designs.
- Mobilink Telecom, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Technology: Cellular Phones, Cellular Modem
Cards and PDAs.
- New leadership: Alan "Lanny" Ross, a member
of Broadcom's Board of Directors, assumes a
full-time role as interim Chief Operating Officer
in charge of internal operations.
- Expansion: Broadcom opens Mathilda office in
Sunnyvale, CA.
- Awards: SiByte processor wins Analyst's
Choice award for "Best High-Performance
Embedded Processor."
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- World's first single-chip IP phone solution enables
development of toll-quality IP phones with very low power
consumption.
- Industry's first all-CMOS Bluetooth radio device for
CDMA and 3G wireless phones.
- All-CMOS silicon tuner first to receive CableLabs
DOCSIS certification.
- EchoStar endorses new satellite chip technology that
increases bandwidth by up to 50 percent.
- Dell ships industry's first servers with
Broadcom-embedded Gigabit Ethernet network connection on
motherboard.
- Industry's highest performance 64-bit MIPS-based,
multiprocessor solution for broadband networking.
- VisionTech, Ltd. (Herzliya, Israel)
Technology: MPEG-2 (Compression and Decompression)
- ServerWorks Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Technology: I/O Circuits for Servers, Workstations,
Storage
- PortaTec Corporation (Quebec, Canada)
Technology: Wireless Data Communications
- Kimalink (El Segundo, CA)
Technology: Integrated Circuits for Wireless
- Expansion: Broadcom opens Mission College office in
Santa Clara, CA.
- Awards: PC Magazine recognizes Broadcom's
home networking chips with the "Innovation and
Technical Excellence" award.
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- New Blutonium chip family includes industry's first
all-CMOS stand-alone Bluetooth radio device.
- Industry's first end-to-end chipset for terrestrial
HDTV.
- World's first gigabit Ethernet controller with PCI-X
support.
- First cable modem gateway to receive CableLabs
certification uses Broadcom's home networking
technology.
- Gigabit Ethernet transceiver chips standard on all of
Apple's new Power MAC G4 systems.
- Enters optical networking market with world's first
10-Gigabit 4-channel CMOS Transceiver.
- Digital Furnace Corporation (Atlanta, GA)
Technology: Software - Video (Cable Modems, Broadband
Networks)
- Stellar Semiconductor, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Technology: Video, 3D Graphics for Set-Top Boxes, TV
- BlueSteel Networks (Mountain View, CA)
Technology: Encryption
- Pivotal Technologies Corporation (Pasadena, CA)
Technology: Digital Video Interface & Wireless
- Innovent Systems, Inc. (El Segundo and San Diego, CA)
Technology: RF Integrated Circuits for Wireless
- PICCO-Puyallup Integrated Circuit Company, Inc.
(Seattle, WA)
Technology: IC Design
- NewPort Communications, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
Technology: Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits for High-Speed
Communications
- Silicon Spice, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Technology: IC and Software for WLANs
- Element 14, Inc. (Cambridge & Bristol, UK and
Mechelen, Belgium)
Technology: DSL Chipsets and Software
- Allayer Communications (San Jose, CA)
Technology: Enterprise and Optical Networking
- SiByte, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Technology: Broadband Networking
- Expansion: Broadcom extends its headquarters to
Discovery and opens offices in San Jose, Duluth, and
Richmond, B.C.
- Stock: Broadcom joins the S&P 500
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- Enters home networking market with industry's first
high-speed home networking silicon.
- World's first GbE chip for existing copper
cabling.
- First single-chip voice, video, and data switch
system.
- World's first CMOS TV tuner.
- Joint development program with Cisco to deliver
high-speed wireless Internet service.
- Next-generation DOCSIS cable modem chip.
- Digital gateway solution for distributing broadband
services to and throughout the home.
- Chip for cost-effective HDTV set-top boxes.
- Industry's first managed switch-on-a chip.
- Broadcom's first acquisition: Maverick Networks (San
Jose, CA)
Technology: Switching Equipment for Enterprise
Networking
- Epigram, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Technology: Home Networking
- Armedia, Inc. (Bangalore, India)
Technology: Digital Video Content and Distribution
- HotHaus Technologies, Inc. (Vancouver, B.C.)
Technology: OpenVoIP Software - IP Telephony, Data &
Fax
- AltoCom, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Technology: Software - Home Networking
- Expanding internationally: Broadcom opens first
European and Asian offices in Singapore and The
Netherlands.
- Stock: February 18th, first stock split (2-for-1).
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- First integrated universal satellite receiver to
support DVB, DSS, and Primestar satellite systems.
- Demonstrates Voice-Over IP for next-generation MCNS
cable modems.
- Demonstrates integrated IP telephony and IP
videoconferencing solution for cable.
- Breakthrough VDSL solution.
- First demodulator chip that doubles the upstream
bandwidth for two-way cable modem deployment.
- World's first single-chip cable modem solution.
- Receives 500,000 unit production order from
Scientific-Atlanta.
- Studio-quality text, graphics, and video for the
TV.
- Going public: On April 17, Broadcom goes public with
record setting IPO. The stock jumps 123% on the first
day.
- Expansion: Broadcom moves to its global headquarters
on Alton in Irvine, CA.
- First Fellows: Broadcom elects its first Fellows, Fang
Lu and Kevin Chan.
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- World's first MCNS-DOCSIS prototype cable modem
equipment shipped to CableLabs.
- Highly integrated transceivers and repeater controllers
halve the price and form factor of Fast Ethernet hubs.
- Broadcom and GlobeSpan partner to promote RADSL
standard and enable multivendor interoperability.
- AMD, Broadcom, National, and TI define RMII to enable
lower-cost, higher-density networking devices.
- DSP-based architecture results in highestperformance
Fast Ethernet transceivers and QuadPHY products.
- First two-way cable modem system to implement the
MCNS-DOCSIS MAC protocol.
- Broadcom joins VDSL coalition.
- Cable industry leaders unanimously adopt Broadcom's
common MCNS-DOCSIS silicon platform.
- Awards: Broadcom ranked #1 by Red Herring Magazine as
the "Top Private Technology Company Worldwide."
- Awards: Broadcom founders ranked in the top 50 "Cyber
Elite" by Time Digital Magazine.
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| 1996 |
| Head Count |
| '94 |
'95 |
'96 |
| 24 |
40 |
109 |
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 |
| Revenue |
| '94 |
'95 |
'96 |
| $3.6M |
$6.6M |
$23.9M |
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|
| U.S. Patent |
| '94 |
'95 |
'96 |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
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|
- Industry's first comprehensive VLSI cable modem
architecture.
- Nortel and Broadcom announce collaboration to develop
low-cost, single-chip ADSL technology.
- Enters European digital cable TV and broadcast
satellite market with family of DVB-compliant ICs.
- Industry's first Fast Ethernet repeater controller
with integrated RMON support.
- Awards: Ernst & Young awards Broadcom CEO, Henry
Nicholas, with "Entrepreneur of the Year" award.
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| 1995 |
| Head Count |
| '94 |
'95 |
'96 |
| 24 |
40 |
109 |
|
|
| Revenue |
| '94 |
'95 |
'96 |
| $3.6M |
$6.6M |
$23.9M |
|
|
| U.S. Patent |
| '94 |
'95 |
'96 |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
- Industry's first 10/100 Base-T4 transceiver chip for
Fast Ethernet applications
- Integrates General Instrument's DigiCipher II 64-QAM
forward error correction (FEC) into Broadcom QAM chip.
- TI, National, AT&T and Broadcom collaborate to
provide Fast Ethernet design aids.
- Samueli knockout: Henry Samueli and Rich Citta of
Zenith duke it out within the SCTE standards body on QAM
vs. VSB as the standard for digital cable transmission.
Samueli scores a huge TKO for Broadcom, and QAM is
officially adopted as the cable standard.
- Expansion: Broadcom moves from Westwood offices to
16251 Laguna Canyon Road, Irvine, CA.
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|
| 1994 |
| Head Count |
| '94 |
'95 |
'96 |
| 24 |
40 |
109 |
|
|
| Revenue |
| '94 |
'95 |
'96 |
| $3.6M |
$6.6M |
$23.9M |
|
|
| U.S. Patent |
| '94 |
'95 |
'96 |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
- Industry's first single-chip 64/256-QAM cable TV
receiver.
- Scientific-Atlanta and Broadcom announce strategic
partnership to develop digital TV technology.
- Scientific-Atlanta demonstrates new Broadcom 256-QAM
digital modulation IC at NCTA in New Orleans.
- HP adopts Broadcom's 64-QAM digital cable TV
transmission technology.
- First 100-Mbps Ethernet product ships to Intel.
- Extreme makeover: Broadband Telecom is officially
renamed Broadcom. Henry Nicholas' wife, Stacey, designs
the company logo.
- Earthquake: On January 17th at 4:30 am, the Northridge
earthquake disturbs John Liberati and Loke Tan who are
still hard at work in the office.
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| 1993 |
| Head Count |
| '91 |
'92 |
'93 |
| 2 |
2 |
11 |
|
|
| Revenue |
| '91 |
'92 |
'93 |
| $44K |
$221K |
$1.1M |
|
|
| U.S. Patent |
| '91 |
'92 |
'93 |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
- The dawn of the set-top box: Scientific-Atlanta selects
Broadcom to design digital demodulation in experimental
cable TV set-top boxes for Time Warner. Original threechip
set evolves into a single-chip solution in just ten
months.
- First products began shipping with the use of TSMC's
foundry.
- The 3COM challenge: In an initial meeting, 3COM
dismisses Broadcom as a small unknown player. Broadcom
promises to return with a 100Base-T4 Fast Ethernet chip,
ten times faster than anything on the market. One year
later, Broadcom delivers on its promise.
- Expansion: Second office is leased from a law firm on
the 14th floor of 10920 Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood,
CA.
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|
| 1992 |
| Head Count |
| '91 |
'92 |
'93 |
| 2 |
2 |
11 |
|
|
| Revenue |
| '91 |
'92 |
'93 |
| $44K |
$221K |
$1.1M |
|
|
| U.S. Patent |
| '91 |
'92 |
'93 |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
- First customer: TRW purchases digital frequency
synthesizer for end-customer, Analog Devices.
- Expansion: First office in Westwood, CA, near UCLA
campus.
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|
|
| 1991 |
| Head Count |
| '91 |
'92 |
'93 |
| 2 |
2 |
11 |
|
|
| Revenue |
| '91 |
'92 |
'93 |
| $44K |
$221K |
$1.1M |
|
|
| U.S. Patent |
| '91 |
'92 |
'93 |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
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- Engaged in developing products and establishing
strategic customer and foundry relationships.
- The dream: In 1981, Henry Samueli and Henry Nicholas
III first meet while working for defense contractor TRW,
Inc. Samueli, specializing in communications systems
design, and Nicholas, specializing in chip design, are
both working on the Defense Department's Very High-Speed
IC (VHSIC) program.
A few years later in 1988, Samueli, now teaching at UCLA's
School of Engineering, convinces Nicholas, his first Ph.D.
candidate, to join him full-time at PairGain Technologies.
In 1991, their shared visions of cable and high-speed
networking drive them to create their own company,
Broadband Telecom.
- Self-Funded: Samueli and Nicholas each write a check
for $5,000 to fund the company. Their business cards list
Nicholas' Redondo Beach residence as the company
address.
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