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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): January 27, 2005

BROADCOM CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


California	000-23993	33-0480482

(State or Other Jurisdiction of	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation)

16215 Alton Parkway, Irvine, California 92618

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 450-8700

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed since Last Report)

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 in such filing.

On January 27, 2005, Broadcom Corporation issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2005. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Exhibits


			99.1			Press Release dated January 27, 2005 of the Registrant.

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.

January 27, 2005 BROADCOM CORPORATION,
a California corporation

By: /s/ William J. Ruehle
William J. Ruehle
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX


			99.1			Press Release dated January 27, 2005 of the Registrant.


January 27, 2005	BROADCOM CORPORATION, a California corporation
	By:	/s/ William J. Ruehle
		William J. Ruehle
		Vice President and Chief Financial Officer