Such accusations help explain why the Federal Trade Commission started an investigation of Broadcom’s business practices, which was disclosed in January. Broadcom declined to discuss the document, and a Western Digital spokesman declined to comment. A Federal Trade Commission spokeswoman also declined to comment. The document said Western Digital had no problems in acquiring them until its supplier, LSI, was acquired by Avago in 2014. Other Broadcom customers said the chip maker had been fair.

Source: New York Times March 07, 2018 19:09 UTC