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Acquisitions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 03, 2019
CA Technologies, Inc. |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition |
|  | (In millions)
Cash paid for outstanding CA common stock |  | $ | 18,402 |
Cash paid by Broadcom to retire CA’s term loan |  | 274 |
Cash paid for vested CA equity awards |  | 101 |
Fair value of partially vested assumed equity awards |  | 67 |
Total purchase consideration |  | 18,844 |
Less: cash acquired |  | 2,750 |
Total purchase consideration, net of cash acquired |  | $ | 16,094 |
Schedule of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed | The following table presents our allocation of the total purchase price, net of cash acquired:
|  | Fair Value
|  | (In millions)
Current assets |  | $ | 1,665 |
Goodwill |  | 9,796 |
Intangible assets |  | 12,045 |
Other long-term assets |  | 240 |
Total assets acquired |  | 23,746 |
Current liabilities |  | (1,966 | )
Long-term debt |  | (2,255 | )
Other long-term liabilities |  | (3,431 | )
Total liabilities assumed |  | (7,652 | )
Fair value of net assets acquired |  | $ | 16,094 |
Schedule of Intangible Assets by Major Class |
|  | Fair Value |  | Weighted-Average Amortization Periods
|  | (In millions) |  | (In years)
Developed technology |  | $ | 4,957 |  |  | 6
Customer contracts and related relationships |  | 4,190 |  |  | 6
Order backlog |  | 2,569 |  |  | 3
Trade name and other |  | 137 |  |  | 5
Total identified finite-lived intangible assets |  | 11,853 |  |  |
IPR&D |  | 192 |  |  | N/A
Total identified intangible assets |  | $ | 12,045 |  |  |
Schedule of Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination | The following table summarizes the details of IPR&D by category as of the CA Acquisition Date:
Description |  | IPR&D |  | Percentage of Completion |  | Estimated Cost to Complete |  | Expected Completion Date (By Fiscal Year)
|  | (Dollars in millions)
Mainframe |  | $ | 178 |  |  | 67 | % |  | $ | 138 |  |  | 2019
Enterprise Solutions |  | $ | 14 |  |  | 63 | % |  | $ | 12 |  |  | 2019
Schedule of Unaudited Pro Forma Information |
|  | Fiscal Year
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
|  | (In millions)
Pro forma net revenue* |  | $ | 21,697 |  |  | $ | 24,451 |
Pro forma net income attributable to common stock |  | $ | 2,535 |  |  | $ | 9,783 |
________________________________ * Pro forma net revenue was presented under Topic 606 for fiscal year 2019 and under Topic 605 for fiscal year 2018.
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition |
|  | (In millions)
Cash paid for outstanding Brocade common stock |  | $ | 5,298 |
Cash paid by Broadcom to retire Brocade’s term loan |  | 701 |
Cash paid for Brocade equity awards |  | 31 |
Fair value of partially vested assumed equity awards |  | 8 |
Total purchase consideration |  | 6,038 |
Less: cash acquired |  | 1,250 |
Total purchase consideration, net of cash acquired |  | $ | 4,788 |
Schedule of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed | The following table presents our allocation of the total purchase price, net of cash acquired:
|  | Fair Value
|  | (In millions)
Current assets |  | $ | 1,297 |
Goodwill |  | 2,187 |
Intangible assets |  | 3,396 |
Other long-term assets |  | 82 |
Total assets acquired |  | 6,962 |
Current portion of long-term debt |  | (856 | )
Other current liabilities |  | (374 | )
Long-term debt |  | (38 | )
Other long-term liabilities |  | (906 | )
Total liabilities assumed |  | (2,174 | )
Fair value of net assets acquired |  | $ | 4,788 |
Schedule of Intangible Assets by Major Class |
|  | Fair Value |  | Weighted-Average Amortization Periods
|  | (In millions) |  | (In years)
Developed technology |  | $ | 2,925 |  |  | 10
Customer contracts and related relationships |  | 255 |  |  | 11
Trade name and other |  | 61 |  |  | 6
Total identified finite-lived intangible assets |  | 3,241 |  |  |
IPR&D |  | 155 |  |  | N/A
Total identified intangible assets |  | $ | 3,396 |  |  |
Schedule of Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination | The following table summarizes the details of IPR&D by category at the Brocade Acquisition Date:
Description |  | IPR&D |  | Percentage of Completion |  | Estimated Cost to Complete |  | Expected Completion Date (By Fiscal Year)
|  | (Dollars in millions)
Directors |  | $ | 64 |  |  | 72 | % |  | $ | 45 |  |  | 2019
Switches |  | $ | 50 |  |  | 81 | % |  | $ | 21 |  |  | 2018
Embedded |  | $ | 31 |  |  | 74 | % |  | $ | 22 |  |  | 2019
Networking software |  | $ | 10 |  |  | 73 | % |  | $ | 27 |  |  | 2018
Schedule of Unaudited Pro Forma Information |
|  | Fiscal Year
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (In millions)
Pro forma net revenue* |  | $ | 20,978 |  |  | $ | 19,441 |
Pro forma net income attributable to common stock |  | $ | 12,408 |  |  | $ | 986 |
________________________________ * Pro forma net revenue was presented under Topic 605 for fiscal years 2018 and 2017.

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