BROADCOM CORPORATION 2006 PERFORMANCE BONUS PLAN

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                              BROADCOM CORPORATION

                           2006 PERFORMANCE BONUS PLAN

     I.    PURPOSES OF THE PLAN

          A.    The Broadcom Corporation 2006 Performance Bonus Plan (the "Plan")
is intended to promote the interests of Broadcom Corporation (the "Company") and
its shareholders by establishing a compensation program to provide executives
and other key employees with incentive awards tied to the achievement of goals
relating to the performance of the Company and/or the achievement of individual
performance goals.

          B.    The Plan shall be in effect for the Company's fiscal year ending
December 31, 2006 (the "Plan Year"), and bonuses may be earned under the Plan on
the basis of the Company's financial performance for such Plan Year.

     II.   PLAN ADMINISTRATION

          A.    The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of
the Company's Board of Directors. The Compensation Committee in its capacity as
administrator of the Plan (the "Plan Administrator") shall have full power and
authority (subject to the express provisions of the Plan) to:

               (i)   establish the performance objectives to be attained for the
Plan Year in order for participants to become entitled to bonus payments under
the Plan; and

               (ii) determine the actual bonus (if any) to be paid to each
participant based on actual performance relative to the established objectives
for the Plan Year.

          B.    The Plan Administrator shall also have full power and authority
to interpret and construe the provisions of the Plan, to adopt rules and
regulations for the administration of the Plan and to determine an individual's
eligibility for participation in the Plan and the amount of the actual bonus (if
any) to be paid to him or her.

          C.    Decisions of the Plan Administrator shall be final and binding
upon all parties who may have an interest in the Plan or any bonus amount
payable under the Plan.

     III. PARTICIPATION

          A.    The individuals who shall participate in the Plan for the Plan
Year shall be limited to (i) the executive officers of the Company, (ii) all
other employees of the Company (or its subsidiaries) at the level of Director or
above and (iii) any other employees of the Company (or its subsidiaries)
identified by the Company's Chief Executive Officer as key contributors to the
Company's growth and financial success and selected for participation in the
Plan by the Plan Administrator.

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          B.    A participant shall cease to participate in the Plan and shall
not be entitled to any bonus payment under the Plan if that participant ceases
Employee status for any reason prior to the date that bonuses are paid under the
Plan (the "Distribution Date"); provided, however, that:

               (i)   a participant who ceases Employee status prior to the
     Distribution Date by reason of death or Disability may be entitled to
     receive a pro-rated bonus based upon the number of days which such
     individual remained in active Employee status during the Plan Period (as
     defined below); and

               (ii) the Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion to
     make individual bonus awards under Article V of the Plan to one or more
     participants who terminate Employee status for any other reason prior to
     the Distribution Date, when the Plan Administrator deems the special
     circumstances of the participant's termination warrant a bonus award under
     the Plan.

          C.    For purposes of the Plan:

               (i)   A participant shall be deemed to have ceased Employee status
     by reason of a DISABILITY if such cessation of Employee status is
     occasioned by his or her inability to engage in any substantial gainful
     activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
     impairment which is expected to result in death or has lasted or can be
     expected to last for a continuous period of twelve (12) months or longer.

               (ii) A participant shall be deemed to continue in EMPLOYEE status
     for so long as that individual remains in the employ of the Company or any
     subsidiary of the Company;

               (iii) The PLAN PERIOD shall mean the period beginning with the
     first day of the Plan Year and ending with the Distribution Date.

               (iv) Each corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken
     chain of corporations beginning with the Company shall be considered to be
     a SUBSIDIARY of the Company, provided that each such corporation (other
     than the last corporation in the unbroken chain) owns, at the time of
     determination, stock possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
     combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
     corporations in such chain.

          D.    A participant who is absent from active Employee status for a
portion of the Plan Period by reason of an authorized leave of absence shall not
be deemed to have ceased Employee status during the period of that leave.
However, such participant's bonus may be pro-rated based on the portion of the
Plan Period during which that individual is in active working status and not on
such leave of absence, unless the Plan Administrator otherwise deems it
appropriate under the circumstances to provide that individual with a full bonus
for the Plan Period.


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     IV.   BONUS POOL

          A.    The Plan Administrator shall take each of the following actions
during the Plan Year:

               (i)     The Plan Administrator shall establish the specific
          performance