UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 22, 2009

BROADCOM CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

California	000-23993	33-0480482
(State or Other Jurisdiction of	(Commission File	(IRS Employer
Incorporation)	Number)	Identification No.)

5300 California Avenue, Irvine, California	92617
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 949.926.5000
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition	3
Item 9.01 Exhibits	3
SIGNATURE	4
EXHIBIT INDEX	5
EX-99.1

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

The information in this Current Report, including the accompanying exhibit, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.

On October 22, 2009 Broadcom Corporation issued a press release announcing unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release dated October 22, 2009 of the Registrant.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	BROADCOM CORPORATION, a California corporation
October 22, 2009	By:	/s/ Eric K. Brandt
		Eric K. Brandt
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated October 22, 2009 of the Registrant.

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