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www.broadcom.com

“Broadcom Inc. | Connecting Everything”

Template-written 65 evidence items Code reader analysed 15 scripts
What this means for you

www.broadcom.com talked to 8 outside services on a first visit, including 1 that measures visits or shows ads.E6

  • An AI agent used the site and saw 0 of 3 claimed features working.E62E63E65
  • AI / agents: The AI Infrastructure link opened a page of articles, executive videos and a demo showcase section about AI networking hardware and custom XPUs. These are physical semiconductor products, and the site has no AI chat or agent you can interact with.E62E63
  • Live data / analytics: The quoted text comes from the site's cookie notice about browser cookie settings, not from a data feature. I found no live data or analytics dashboard on the pages I visited.E62E65
  • A working app / platform: The Private Cloud page describes VMware Cloud Foundation and links out to vmware.com for reports and deployment. The platform is enterprise software you deploy yourself, and the site has no in-browser app.E65
  • Tech check: the site claims live data / analytics and a working app / platform, and its public page shows matching evidence.E59E60E22E23E24
  • Tech check: the site mentions ai / agents, but we found nothing behind it in what its public page loads.E58
  • Before you click anything, the page loads analytics or ad services: Google Analytics / Tag Manager.E6
  • 3 cookies were set in your browser, all by the site itself.E14E15E16

Tech check

What the site says about itself, next to what its public page actually loads. Facts only, no verdict: you decide.

Nothing found on the public page

AI / agents

“…echnologies Core technologies to accelerate innovation AI Infrastructure The best AI networking, connectivity so…”E58

No matching code, calls or services in what loaded for us.

Evidence found

Live data / analytics

“…filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site wi…”E59

Calls to its own backend: /api/getmetadata, /api/getjson, /api/navigationE22E23E24E25

Evidence found

A working app / platform

“…ge connectivity. Private Cloud A unified private cloud platform for traditional, modern and AI apps. Wi-Fi 8 Bringing…”E60

Calls to its own backend: /api/getmetadata, /api/getjson, /api/navigationE22E23E24E25

Calls its own backend /api/getmetadata, /api/getjson, /api/navigationE22E23E24E25
Wallet code none seen
Contract calls in its code none seen
Talks to AI services none seen
Live connections none seen

What the AI agent tried

An AI agent (claude-opus-5-5) used the site in our sandbox for 4 steps and saw 0 of 3 claimed features working. It can't connect a wallet, pay, sign or log in, so those features count as "couldn't test". What it reports is what it observed, not a verdict.

Couldn't test

AI / agents

The AI Infrastructure link opened a page of articles, executive videos and a demo showcase section about AI networking hardware and custom XPUs. These are physical semiconductor products, and the site has no AI chat or agent you can interact with.E62E63

Not seen working

Live data / analytics

The quoted text comes from the site's cookie notice about browser cookie settings, not from a data feature. I found no live data or analytics dashboard on the pages I visited.E62E65

Couldn't test

A working app / platform

The Private Cloud page describes VMware Cloud Foundation and links out to vmware.com for reports and deployment. The platform is enterprise software you deploy yourself, and the site has no in-browser app.E65

Also noticed

Things the agent saw along the way that aren't among the site's claims. Not counted above.

Noticed

Site search works

Searching for "test" loaded a results page with 7,404 results, filters by content type, and pages you can click through.E64

What it is

  • The Internet Archive first saved this site on 1997-02-04 (10869 days ago).E61
  • The site describes itself as: “Broadcom delivers semiconductors and infrastructure software for global enterprises’ most complex, mission-critical needs.”E2
  • It's built with React (common tools for building web apps).E18
  • In your browser it saves small bits of data in your browser.E21
  • It has sections such as /company, /user, /web, /solutions, /home and /support.E44E45
  • While loading, it called 7 endpoints on its own servers, such as /api/getmetadata, /api/getjson, /api/navigation and 4 more.E22E23E24E25

Where your data goes

Analytics & trackingCount visits and record what you do on the page. 1
www.googletagmanager.comGoogle Analytics / Tag Manager: Google's visitor analytics and tag loader 1×E6
Consent & bot protectionCookie banners, CAPTCHAs and bot checks. 2
cdn.cookielaw.orgOneTrust: cookie consent banner 12×E5
geolocation.onetrust.comOneTrust: cookie consent banner 1×E7
Social & embedsEmbedded videos, posts and share buttons. 3
metrics.brightcove.comBrightcove / JW Player: video player 5×E10
edge.api.brightcove.comBrightcove / JW Player: video player 1×E11
players.brightcove.netBrightcove / JW Player: video player 1×E9
Not identifiedServices we don't have in our list yet. 2
fastly-signed-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.comnot identified 21×E13
manifest.prod.boltdns.netnot identified 5×E12

How key features work

Sign-in and accounts

Sign-in and account features show up in its code or traffic ().E20

Loading its content

Its content loads from its own API while you browse (/api/getmetadata, /api/getjson, /api/navigation, /api/getdrawerpromo and 2 more).E22E23E24E25E26

/api/getmetadata/api/getjson/api/navigation/api/getdrawerpromo/api/news/latestnews/api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule/f00000000037426/global.json

Search

Search runs through /explore/video/search and /video/search.E33E34

/explore/video/search/video/search

Measuring what you do

Visits and clicks are measured with Google Analytics / Tag Manager and Google Tag Manager (found in its traffic or its code).E6E19

Google Analytics / Tag ManagerGoogle Tag Manager

Saving data on your device

It saves data in your browser (localStorage and sessionStorage), so some things persist between visits.E21E17

local_storagesessionStorage

Video

Videos are embedded from Brightcove / JW Player.E10E11E9

Brightcove / JW Player

Cookies and storage

Names only. We never store the values.

CookieSet forKeptWhose
cf_clearanceE14www.broadcom.com about 365 daysthe site
__cf_bmE15www.broadcom.com about 0 daysthe site
OptanonConsentE16broadcom.com about 365 daysthe site

sessionStorageE17: updated_date, template

Pages and API calls

Pages it links to

//company/user/web/solutions/home/support/how-to-buy/products/sitemap/topics*/docs/:document/html-docs/:document/video/search/video/:mediaID/explore/video/search/explore/video/:mediaID/style/docs/components/style/docs/cards/style/docs/icons/style/docs/tables/style/docs/typography/style/docs/templates

Endpoints

Called while loading (seen) or named in the code (code).

www.broadcom.com/api/getmetadataseenE22
www.broadcom.com/api/getjsonseenE23
www.broadcom.com/api/navigationseenE24
www.broadcom.com/api/getdrawerpromoseenE25
www.broadcom.com/api/news/latestnewsseenE26
www.broadcom.com/api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule/f00000000037426/global.jsonseenE27
www.broadcom.com/api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule/f00000000037426/01409717097seenE28
s3805888.t.eloqua.com/e/formsubmittokencodeE29
/style/docs/componentscodeE30
/style/docs/cardscodeE31
/style/docs/tablescodeE32
/explore/video/searchcodeE33
/video/searchcodeE34
/explore/video/:mediaIDcodeE35
/video/:mediaIDcodeE36
/style/docs/templatescodeE37
/style/docs/iconscodeE38
/style/docs/typographycodeE39
/html-docs/:documentcodeE40
/docs/:documentcodeE41
/apicodeE42
/api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsulecodeE43

Evidence

Every sentence above points to one of these. Code references show the file, line:column and the short identifier that matched, never the site's code itself.

E1
Page title: Broadcom Inc. | Connecting Everything
page title · https://www.broadcom.com/
E2
Page description: Broadcom delivers semiconductors and infrastructure software for global enterprises’ most complex, mission-critical needs.
page description · https://www.broadcom.com/
E3
Main heading: Delivering the best technology, at scale
page h1 · https://www.broadcom.com/
E4
72 request(s) to www.broadcom.com
types: 27 image, 14 stylesheet, 12 script
GET https://www.broadcom.com/ · image · 72 requests · network recording
E5
12 request(s) to cdn.cookielaw.org
types: 6 fetch, 3 image, 2 script
GET https://cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js · fetch · 12 requests · network recording
E6
1 request(s) to www.googletagmanager.com
types: 1 script
GET https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js · script · network recording
E7
1 request(s) to geolocation.onetrust.com
types: 1 xhr
GET https://geolocation.onetrust.com/cookieconsentpub/v1/geo/location · xhr · network recording
E8
1 request(s) to images.sw.broadcom.com
types: 1 script
GET https://images.sw.broadcom.com/Web/CAInc2/%7B58429d82-f905-426a-9ac4-f3449d253fe0%7D_blocked-emails.js · script · network recording
E9
1 request(s) to players.brightcove.net
types: 1 script
GET https://players.brightcove.net/6415665063001/Vh8ALpkmx_default/index.min.js · script · network recording
E10
5 request(s) to metrics.brightcove.com
types: 5 image
GET https://metrics.brightcove.com/v2/tracker · image · 5 requests · network recording
E11
1 request(s) to edge.api.brightcove.com
types: 1 xhr
GET https://edge.api.brightcove.com/playback/v1/accounts/6415665063001/videos/6392716628112 · xhr · network recording
E12
5 request(s) to manifest.prod.boltdns.net
types: 5 xhr
GET https://manifest.prod.boltdns.net/thumbnail/v1/6415665063001/c85e7d85-3266-467a-93aa-77036f74fedd/e8d079f7-b7dd-4c54-afb9-… · xhr · 5 requests · network recording
E13
21 request(s) to fastly-signed-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com
types: 16 other, 4 xhr, 1 image
GET https://fastly-signed-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/image/v1/static/6415665063001/c85e7d85-3266-467a-93aa-77036f74fedd/d8d24580-916f-40da-96… · other · 21 requests · network recording
E14
Cookie 'cf_clearance' set for www.broadcom.com
kept for about 365 days
cookie cf_clearance on www.broadcom.com · value not stored
E15
Cookie '__cf_bm' set for www.broadcom.com
kept for about 0 days
cookie __cf_bm on www.broadcom.com · value not stored
E16
Cookie 'OptanonConsent' set for broadcom.com
kept for about 365 days
cookie OptanonConsent on broadcom.com · value not stored
E17
sessionStorage: 2 key(s) saved in your browser
sessionStorage keys: updated_date, template · values not stored
E18
React detected by the code reader (react-runtime)
confidence: medium
www.broadcom.com/js/reactvendor.bundle.js · “react-runtime” · the code reader
E19
Google Tag Manager found in the code
www.broadcom.com/ (page HTML) @ 1:71338 · “googletagmanager.com/gtm.js” · pattern scan
E20
Clerk (accounts) found in the code
images.sw.broadcom.com…b/CAInc2/%7B58429d82-f905-426a-9ac4-f3449d253fe0%7D_blocked-emails.js @ 563:4 · “clerk.com” · pattern scan
E21
Uses the browser ability: local_storage
saves small bits of data in your browser
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:43664 · “localStorage.setItem(” · pattern scan
E22
The page called /api/getmetadata on www.broadcom.com (GET)
GET https://www.broadcom.com/api/getmetadata · fetch · network recording
E23
The page called /api/getjson on www.broadcom.com (GET)
GET https://www.broadcom.com/api/getjson · fetch · network recording
E24
The page called /api/navigation on www.broadcom.com (GET)
GET https://www.broadcom.com/api/navigation · fetch · network recording
E25
The page called /api/getdrawerpromo on www.broadcom.com (GET)
GET https://www.broadcom.com/api/getdrawerpromo · fetch · network recording
E26
The page called /api/news/latestnews on www.broadcom.com (GET)
GET https://www.broadcom.com/api/news/latestnews · fetch · network recording
E27
The page called /api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule/f00000000037426/global.json on www.broadcom.com (GET)
GET https://www.broadcom.com/api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule/f00000000037426/global.json · fetch · network recording
E28
The page called /api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule/f00000000037426/01409717097 on www.broadcom.com (GET)
GET https://www.broadcom.com/api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule/f00000000037426/01409717097 · fetch · network recording
E29
Code reader found the endpoint s3805888.t.eloqua.com/e/formsubmittoken
how: call:fetch
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:211650 · “s3805888.t.eloqua.com/e/formsubmittoken” · the code reader
E30
Code reader found the endpoint /style/docs/components
how: property:path
s01-main.bundle.js · “/style/docs/components” · the code reader
E31
Code reader found the endpoint /style/docs/cards
how: property:path
s01-main.bundle.js · “/style/docs/cards” · the code reader
E32
Code reader found the endpoint /style/docs/tables
how: property:path
s01-main.bundle.js · “/style/docs/tables” · the code reader
E33
Code reader found the endpoint /explore/video/search
how: property:path
s01-main.bundle.js · “/explore/video/search” · the code reader
E34
Code reader found the endpoint /video/search
how: property:path
s01-main.bundle.js · “/video/search” · the code reader
E35
Code reader found the endpoint /explore/video/:mediaID
how: property:path
s01-main.bundle.js · “/explore/video/:mediaID” · the code reader
E36
Code reader found the endpoint /video/:mediaID
how: property:path
s01-main.bundle.js · “/video/:mediaID” · the code reader
E37
Code reader found the endpoint /style/docs/templates
how: property:path
s01-main.bundle.js · “/style/docs/templates” · the code reader
E38
Code reader found the endpoint /style/docs/icons
how: property:path
s01-main.bundle.js · “/style/docs/icons” · the code reader
E39
Code reader found the endpoint /style/docs/typography
how: property:path
s01-main.bundle.js · “/style/docs/typography” · the code reader
E40
Code reader found the endpoint /html-docs/:document
how: property:path
s01-main.bundle.js · “/html-docs/:document” · the code reader
E41
Code reader found the endpoint /docs/:document
how: property:path
s01-main.bundle.js · “/docs/:document” · the code reader
E42
The code names the endpoint /api
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:121527 · “/api” · pattern scan
E43
The code names the endpoint /api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:141501 · “/api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule” · pattern scan
E44
41 links to pages on the same site
page links · https://www.broadcom.com/ · /, /company, /user, /web, /solutions, /home, /support, /how-to-buy, /products, /sitemap, /topics
E45
Code reader found the route *
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:41765 · “*” · the code reader
E46
Code reader found the route /docs/:document
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:63413 · “/docs/:document” · the code reader
E47
Code reader found the route /html-docs/:document
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:63575 · “/html-docs/:document” · the code reader
E48
Code reader found the route /video/search
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:63742 · “/video/search” · the code reader
E49
Code reader found the route /video/:mediaID
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:63904 · “/video/:mediaID” · the code reader
E50
Code reader found the route /explore/video/search
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:64008 · “/explore/video/search” · the code reader
E51
Code reader found the route /explore/video/:mediaID
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:64178 · “/explore/video/:mediaID” · the code reader
E52
Code reader found the route /style/docs/components
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:64290 · “/style/docs/components” · the code reader
E53
Code reader found the route /style/docs/cards
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:64401 · “/style/docs/cards” · the code reader
E54
Code reader found the route /style/docs/icons
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:64507 · “/style/docs/icons” · the code reader
E55
Code reader found the route /style/docs/tables
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:64613 · “/style/docs/tables” · the code reader
E56
Code reader found the route /style/docs/typography
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:64720 · “/style/docs/typography” · the code reader
E57
Code reader found the route /style/docs/templates
www.broadcom.com/js/main.bundle.js @ 1:64831 · “/style/docs/templates” · the code reader
E58
The site says: “…echnologies Core technologies to accelerate innovation AI Infrastructure The best AI networking, connectivity so…”
page text · https://www.broadcom.com/ · …echnologies Core technologies to accelerate innovation AI Infrastructure The best AI networking, connectivity so…
E59
The site says: “…filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site wi…”
page text · https://www.broadcom.com/ · …filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site wi…
E60
The site says: “…ge connectivity. Private Cloud A unified private cloud platform for traditional, modern and AI apps. Wi-Fi 8 Bringing…”
page text · https://www.broadcom.com/ · …ge connectivity. Private Cloud A unified private cloud platform for traditional, modern and AI apps. Wi-Fi 8 Bringing…
E61
The Internet Archive first saved broadcom.com on 1997-02-04 and has snapshots from 2000 different days
page web archive · https://web.archive.org/web/19970204141826/broadcom.com
E62
Agent step 1: view
AI agent step 1 · view on /
E63
Agent step 2: click AI Infrastructure
AI agent step 2 · click on /solutions/ai-solutions/ai-infrastructure · page called GET www.broadcom.com/api/getmetadata, GET www.broadcom.com/api/getdrawerpromo, GET www.broadcom.com/api/getjson, GET www.broadcom.com/api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule/f00000000037426/global.json, GET www.broadcom.com/api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule/f00000000037426/213358906, GET edge.api.brightcove.com/playback/
E64
Agent step 3: type SEARCH ← “test”
AI agent step 3 · type on /site-search · page called GET www.broadcom.com/get-st, GET www.broadcom.com/api/getmetadata, GET www.broadcom.com/api/getdrawerpromo, GET www.broadcom.com/api/getjson, GET www.broadcom.com/api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule/f00000000037426/global.json, GET www.broadcom.com/api/ixf/1.0.0/get_capsule/f00000000037426/538649079
E65
Agent step 4: go /solutions/private-cloud
AI agent step 4 · go on /solutions/private-cloud · page called GET cdn.cookielaw.org/consent/6a5fee8c-80be-4b9a-ab7e-b607e3f8ad3e/6a5fee8c-80be-4b9a-ab7e-b607e3f8ad3e.json, GET geolocation.onetrust.com/cookieconsentpub/v1/geo/location, GET www.broadcom.com/api/getmetadata, GET www.broadcom.com/api/getjson, GET www.broadcom.com/api/navigation, GET www.broadcom.c

Limits

  • We only see what your browser sees: code and requests on a first visit, without logging in or accepting cookie banners. What the servers do with data is invisible from outside.
  • Site code is usually minified (compressed), so names are partly lost and some code may be only partly analysed.
  • Some trackers only load after you accept cookies or log in, so the real list can be longer.
  • We visited from a server in the United States. Sites load different trackers and cookie banners in different countries (visitors in the EU usually get a consent banner first).
  • The tech check compares the site's own words with what its public page loads. Work done on servers, in private code or in separate apps isn't visible here, so 'nothing found' means not visible on the public page, not that it doesn't exist.
  • This text was written from fixed templates because no AI writer was available. It uses exactly the same evidence.
  • The code reader hit its size budget on parts of 10 large bundle file(s); those parts weren't fully analysed.

Facts, not judgements: this page describes what the code and traffic show, not anyone's intent. Not financial advice. Case id C3p8W1ul.