By Riley Gutiérrez McDermid That appetite for new companies had placed Broadcom into a chip company with almost every possible tool at its disposable. Broadcom Chief Executive Hock Tan is no stranger to doing deals. Over the last nine years Broadcom (AVGO) – Get Broadcom Inc. Report has attempted to buy or has bought major tech players in an ongoing shopping spree. That appetite for new companies had positioned Broadcom into a chip company with almost every possible tool at its disposable. Past buys have included network-gear maker Brocade for $5.5 billion; CA for $18.9 billion; component and …