Irvine chipmaker Broadcom Corp. plans to open a design center in Europe, the company’s first there.
Broadcom said Wednesday it plans to develop chips for handling photos, video and audio on mobile phones at the center, which is planned for Denmark.
The site in Copenhagen is near the Scandinavian headquarters of phone makers Nokia Corp. and Telefon AB LM Ericsson, as well as Germany’s Siemens AG.
Mobile phone chips are a big potential market for Broadcom, said Robert A. Rango, group vice president of the chipmaker’s mobile and wireless group.
“Being strategically located near some of Europe’s largest cellular equipment manufacturers will enable us to work more closely with them in developing next-generation mobile solutions,” Rango said.
Broadcom is set to staff the center with electronics and software engineers who specialize in mobile phones. The company also expects to handle some customer support from Denmark.
The design center is Broadcom’s second abroad. The company opened one in Taiwan in 2003.
