Broadcom Ltd. will cut nearly 700 jobs at its Irvine campus by the end of March, according to state documents.

The San Jose-based company plans to lay off about 850 workers statewide including 180 positions in San Jose, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale, according to filings with the Employment Development Department.

The chip maker made history last May in a record-breaking tech deal when it was acquired for $37 billion by Singapore-based Avago Technologies. The deal was official nine days ago.

When the acquisition was announced last spring, both companies said they anticipated saving $750 million annually within 18 months of the deal closing through “synergies.”

A company representative declined to comment on the layoffs.

In May 2014, Avago acquired LSI Corp. for around $6.6 billion. In SEC documents filed shortly after, the company stated plans to let go a significant number of employees. Two days after Avago acquired Emulex in May 2015, it notified the EDD it planned to lay off 39 employees in Costa Mesa and 38 in San Jose.

Last March, Broadcom announced it would open a 73-acre campus near Irvine’s Great Park, 10 miles from its location near University Research Park, at a cost of $778 million. The new location was expected to accommodate up to 8,000 employees.

As of last May, Broadcom employed roughly 2,500 people in Irvine and more than 10,000 people globally.

The company was founded in 1991 by Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III.

Staff writer Sarah de Crescenzo contributed to this report.

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