Laguna Niguel-based Symwave, a developer of USB semiconductors, said yesterday that it has hired Adam Spice as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Spice was most recently Broadcom's Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development, and was headed up Broadcom's acquisitions and strategic equity investments. Symwave said that Spice was at Broadcom for the past nine years, and oversaw over 40 acquisitions and investments worth $6 billion. Spice also has served in other roles at Broadcom and Intel.