Expiration Date for Emulex Offer Extended to June 17, 2009

IRVINE, Calif., June 4, 2009 -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) announced today that Fiji Acquisition Corporation has extended its tender offer for all of the currently outstanding shares of common stock (including the associated preferred stock purchase rights) of Emulex Corporation (NYSE: ELX) to 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on June 17, 2009, unless further extended. The tender offer was previously set to expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on June 3, 2009.

"We believe our all-cash offer of $9.25 net per share reflects a full and fair price for Emulex common stock. It represents a 40% premium to the closing price of Emulex common stock on April 20, 2009, the day before Broadcom made public its offer, and a 62% premium to the average price of Emulex for the 30 trading days ending on April 20, 2009," said Scott A. McGregor, President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcom.

As of 6:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, June 3, 2009, approximately 2,267,882 shares of Emulex had been tendered in and not withdrawn from the tender offer.

The complete terms and conditions of the tender offer are set forth in the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal, copies of which are available by contacting the Information Agent for the tender offer, Innisfree M&A Incorporated. Stockholders may call toll-free: (877) 687-1875. Banks and Brokers may call collect: (212) 750-5833.

About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything®.

Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with 2008 revenue of $4.66 billion, and holds over 3,300 U.S. and over 1,300 foreign patents, more than 7,500 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.

A FORTUNE 500® company, Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at www.broadcom.com.

This press release does not constitute an offer to buy or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. Broadcom has filed a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") containing an offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Emulex Corporation ("Emulex") for $9.25 per share. The tender offer is being made solely by means of the offer to purchase, and the exhibits filed with respect thereto (including the letter of transmittal), which contain the full terms and conditions of the tender offer. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF EMULEX ARE URGED TO READ THESE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of these documents (if and when available) and other documents filed with the SEC by Broadcom Corporation through the Web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov or by directing a request by mail to Innisfree M&A Incorporated at 501 Madison Avenue 20th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by calling toll-free at (877) 687-1875 or collect at (212) 750-5833.

Broadcom has filed a preliminary consent statement with the SEC relating to the solicitation of written consents from Emulex stockholders. Any definitive consent solicitation statement will be mailed to stockholders of Emulex. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF EMULEX ARE URGED TO READ THESE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of these documents (if and when available) and other documents filed with the SEC by Broadcom through the Web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov or by directing a request by mail to Innisfree M&A Incorporated at 501 Madison Avenue 20th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by calling toll-free at (877) 687-1875 or collect at (212) 750-5833.

Information regarding the participants in the solicitation of consents of Emulex's stockholders is available in Broadcom's preliminary consent statement filed with the SEC on May 18, 2009.

All statements included or incorporated by reference in this press release other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our business and industry, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words.

These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Important risk factors that could contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our business, results of operations and financial condition include the possibility that Broadcom will not pursue a transaction with Emulex and the risk factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of this date. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement, except as required by law.

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    Broadcom Business Press Contact    Broadcom Financial Analyst Contact
    Bill Blanning                      T. Peter Andrew
    Vice President, Global Media       Vice President, Corporate
    Relations                          Communications Investor Relations
    949-926-5555                       949-926-5663
    blanning@broadcom.com              pandrew@broadcom.com

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