In a move that has generally shocked the US semiconductor and investment communities, just a few days after details of negotiations become public, Avago has acquired Broadcom to create a company roughly double the size. Interestingly the surviving entity will be known as Broadcom, and the deal is being seen as a merger of equals rather than an acquisition, despite early reports. This was always going to be the case, because you can’t buy businesses like Broadcom in hostile takeovers. It’s not good to invest $billions in a business and have the talent walk out of the door. So this had to be a case of “selling” benefits of the deal to the Broadcom board. Avago has started to…