Fungible

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Fungible Inc.
legal form Private
founding 2015
Seat Santa Clara , United States
management Pradeep Sindhu ( CEO )
Number of employees 200
Branch Semiconductors , software development
Website https://www.fungible.com/
As of June 17, 2019

Fungible Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Clara , California that develops hardware and software to improve the performance, reliability and cost- effectiveness of data centers .

history

The company was founded in 2015 by Pradeep Sindhu (co-founder of Juniper Networks ) and Bertrand Serlet (former senior vice president of Apple ).

In February 2017, the company raised $ 32 million in a Series A round led by Mayfield Fund, Walden Riverwood Ventures and Battery Ventures. In May, the company raised an additional $ 60 million in a Series B round led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and Redline capital.

In June 2019, the company raised $ 200 million in a Series C round led by SoftBank Vision Fund in collaboration with Norwest Venture Partners and previous investors.

Products

Fungible developed data processors ( english data processing unit , shortly DPU). It is a new type of microprocessor that accelerates data-centric tasks in data centers. A data processor controls the data transfer between network cards, storage devices, CPU and graphics processor . A separate operating system is used for this purpose ( English data plane operating system ). The data processor sends and receives data packets, encrypts and compresses the data and can also act as a firewall.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fungible raises $ 200M Series C with aim to improve data centers. June 27, 2019, accessed April 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Fungible CEO on improving economics, reliability and performance of data centers. In: cnbc.com. June 29, 2019, accessed April 12, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Pradeep Sindhu. Fungible, accessed April 12, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Bertrand Serlet. Fungible, accessed April 12, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Juniper Networks Founder Embarks on Cloud-Style Chip Venture. The Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2017, accessed April 12, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Series B - Fungible. Crunchbase, May 30, 2017, accessed April 12, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Series C - Fungible. Crunchbase, June 27, 2019, accessed April 12, 2020 .
  8. ↑ To handle the data tsunami, Juniper's founder turns to custom silicon. SiliconANGLE, November 30, 2018, accessed April 12, 2020 .
  9. ↑ US patent application 20190012350: DATA PROCESSING UNIT FOR STREAM PROCESSING. FreePatentsOnline.com, January 10, 2019, accessed April 12, 2020 .
  10. ^ DPU: A New Category of Programmable Processor. Fungible, accessed April 12, 2020 .