Cavium
| Cavium Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US14964U1088 |
| founding | 2000 |
| Seat |
San Jose , California , United States
|
| management | Matt Murphy ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 850 (2017) |
| Branch | Information technology |
| Website | cavium.com |
| Status: 2017 | |
Cavium Inc. is a development company in the field of semiconductor technology from San Jose, California . The company was founded in 2000 by Syed B. Ali and M. Raghib Hussain, and went public in October 2007. The company specializes in ARM and MIPS- based network and communication processors, followed by video, memory and security chips added.
In July 2018, Cavium was acquired by the Marvell Technology Group , but continues to exist as a company and trademark.
Products
- cnMIPS microarchitecture
- XPliant programmable network switches
- Octeon multi-core MIPS based processors for network switches
- ThunderX ARM server processors
Company acquisitions
various companies have been acquired in the past:
| date | Acquired company | Product lines |
|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Star Semiconductor | ARM -based systems-on-chip processors |
| December 2008 | W&W Communications | Video compression software and hardware |
| December 2009 | MontaVista software | Carrier Grade Linux Linux & Embedded Systems |
| January 2011 | Celestial Semiconductor | SoCs for telecommunications companies such as satellite, cable, and Internet television operators |
| February 2011 | Wavesat Telecommunications | Semiconductor products for network companies and mobile device manufacturers |
| July 2014 | Xpliant, Inc. | Switching and SDN specialist |
| June 2016 | QLogic , Inc. | Ethernet and storage specialist |
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://techober.com/2017/11/cavium-gets-acquired-6-billion/
- ↑ Company press release: Cavium Networks Completes Acquisition of Taiwan-Based Star Semiconductor
- ↑ Company press release: Cavium Networks Completes Acquisition of W&W Communications
- ↑ Company press release: Cavium Networks Completes Acquisition of MontaVista Software
- ↑ Dylan McGrath: Cavium buys Chinese fabless chip firm . In: EE Times , January 31, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
- ↑ Company Overview . Celestial Semiconductor. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
- ↑ Wavesat | CrunchBase .
- ↑ Company press release: Cavium to Acquire Switching and SDN Specialist Xpliant to Accelerate Deployment of Software Defined Networks
- ↑ Company press release: Cavium to Acquire QLogic - Opportunity to drive significant growth at scale in data center and storage markets ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
