Global semiconductor shortage? Supply chain constraints? Not for Broadcom. The US chip giant is apparently immune to these market forces, boasting about reaching the milestone of 1 billion WiFi 6 and 6E chipset shipments, three years since launching its first next-generation WiFi technologies. What makes this milestone even sweeter, is that competitors have been basking in how Broadcom has lost its grip on the WiFi silicon market, with its global market share eroded by the rise of Mediatek. With the silicon industry struggling to keep up with demand, one might assume that Broadcom’s 1 billion shipments is below the target initially set out by the company back in 2017 when Broadcom started seriously talking about the possibilities of WiFi 6.…