Broadcom Enters Partnership

Broadcom Corp. said Wednesday it entered into a partnership with General Instrument Corp. to develop integrated silicon systems for high-end multimedia machines. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

As part of the deal, General Instrument agreed to purchase a percentage of integrated circuits for its digital cable set-top products from Broadcom in each of the next four years.

Irvine-based Broadcom also will help integrate features such as cable modem functions into General Instrument’s digital cable terminals, which are expected to be unveiled early next year.

General Instrument provides audio, video and high-speed Internet/data components and services.