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Broadcom<\/a> posted record Q3 2025 revenue of $15.95 billion, fueled by AI chip demand and VMware software sales. But CEO Hock Tan acknowledged that many VMware customers bought its Cloud Foundation suite<\/a> without deploying it, leaving Broadcom with significant \u201cshelfware.\u201d While semiconductor revenue climbed 26 percent, including $5.2 billion from AI accelerators, Tan admitted the real challenge ahead is persuading customers to activate their investments, particularly midsized enterprises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Broadcom posted record Q3 2025 revenue of $15.95 billion, fueled by AI chip demand and VMware software sales. But CEO Hock Tan acknowledged that many VMware customers bought its Cloud Foundation suite without deploying it, leaving Broadcom with significant \u201cshelfware.\u201d While semiconductor revenue climbed 26 percent, including $5.2 billion from AI accelerators, Tan admitted the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20624,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2123,4471,55,2125],"class_list":["post-7576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-broadcom","tag-broadcom-q3-2025-earnings","tag-vmware","tag-vmware-cloud-foundation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBroadcom reports record Q3 gains but admits VMware shelfware problem - Web Hosting News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/broadcom-reports-record-q3-gains-but-admits-vmware-shelfware-problem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Broadcom reports record Q3 gains but admits VMware shelfware problem - Web Hosting News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Broadcom posted record Q3 2025 revenue of $15.95 billion, fueled by AI chip demand and VMware software sales. 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