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Cavium

Cavium, Inc.was afablesssemiconductorcompany based inSan Jose, California,[2]specializing inARM-based andMIPS-based network, video and security processors andSoCs.[3]The company was co-founded in 2000[4][5][6]by Syed B. Ali and M. Raghib Hussain,[7]who were introduced to each other by a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Cavium offers processor- and board-level products targetingrouters,switches,appliances,storageand servers.

Cavium, Inc.
Company typePublic
Nasdaq:CAVM
IndustryProcessors and boards
Founded2000;24 years ago(2000)
FounderRaghib Hussain
DefunctJuly 6, 2018(2018-07-06)
FateAcquired byMarvell Technology Group
Headquarters
San Jose, California
,
United States
Key people
Syed Ali (president&CEO)
Raghib Hussain (COO)
ProductsMicroprocessors, boards
Number of employees
850[1]
Websitecavium

The company went public in May 2007 with about 175 employees.[5]As of 2011, following numerous acquisitions, it had about 850 employees worldwide, of whom about 250 were located at company headquarters in San Jose.

Cavium was acquired byMarvell Technology Groupon July 6, 2018.[8]

History

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Name change

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On June 17, 2011, Cavium Networks, Inc. changed their name to Cavium, Inc.[9]

Acquisitions by Cavium

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Date Acquired company Historical product line
August 2008 Star Semiconductor ARM-based systems-on-chip processors[10]
December 2008 W&W Communications Video compression software and hardware[11]
December 2009 MontaVistaSoftware Carrier Grade Linux compliantLinux&embedded systems[12]
January 2011[13] Celestial Semiconductor SoCsfor digital media applications, including satellite, cable, and Internet TV[14]
February 2011 Wavesat Telecommunications Semiconductor solutions for carrier and mobile device manufacturers[citation needed]
July 2014 Xpliant, Inc. Switching and SDN Specialist[15]
June 2016 QLogic,Inc. Ethernet and Storage Specialist[16]

Acquisition of Cavium

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In November 2017, Cavium's board of directors agreed to the company's purchase byMarvell Technology Groupfor $6 billion in cash and stock.[17]The merger was finalized on July 6, 2018.

NSA Interference

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On March 23, 2022, Cavium was named[18]as an NSA "enabled" CPU vendor in a PhD thesis titled "Communication in a world of pervasive surveillance". The "enabled" term refers to a process with which a chip vendor has a backdoor introduced into their designs.

Products

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Cavium began selling security processors in late 2001 with the Nitrox line. The processor had support for features likeIPsec,SSL,intrusion-detection servicesas well asVPNs.In 2004 the company launched the Octeon processor, which was using a 64-bitMIPS instructionset. At launch Cavium offered Octeon processors with two, four eight or sixteen cores.[19]In 2012, the company announced a 1-48 core MIPS-procesoor from the Octeon-line.[20]In 2014, the company announced the ThunderX, a 48 core server SoC based on theARMv8architecture.[21][22]Cavium also offeredethernetswitches that were produced in cooperation with Xpliant since 2014.[23]

References

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  1. ^"Cavium Networks Inc. returns to San Jose".Silicon Valley Business News. 8 July 2011.Retrieved2015-01-08.
  2. ^"Cavium | Company Overview & News".Forbes.Retrieved2023-07-19.
  3. ^New York Times Company Profile for Cavium Inc.ArchivedMarch 5, 2016, at theWayback Machine
  4. ^Aslam, Haroon (2017-11-24)."NED alumnus sells company to chip-maker Marvell for $6bn".Dawn.Retrieved2022-06-29.
  5. ^abAzevedo, Mary Ann (2011-07-08)."Cavium Networks Inc. returns to San Jose".bizjournals.Retrieved2022-06-29.
  6. ^Morgan, Timothy Prickett (2016-06-17)."Cavium Buys Access To Enterprise With QLogic Deal".The Next Platform.Retrieved2022-06-29.
  7. ^"Syed Ali's company Cavium gets acquired for $6 billion".techober.24 November 2017.Retrieved2017-11-24.
  8. ^Shilov, Anton."Marvell Completes Acquisition of Cavium, Gets CPU, Networking & Security Assets".anandtech.Retrieved2019-09-01.
  9. ^http://biz.yahoo /e/110620/cavm8-k.html[dead link‍]
  10. ^"Cavium Networks Completes Acquisition of Taiwan-Based Star Semiconductor".cavium(Press release). Archived fromthe originalon October 11, 2008.
  11. ^"Cavium Networks Completes Acquisition of W&W Communications".cavium.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-06-13.Retrieved2020-07-16.
  12. ^"Cavium Networks Completes Acquisition of MontaVista Software | embedded virtualization"(Press release). December 18, 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-06-12.
  13. ^McGrath, Dylan (31 January 2011)."Cavium buys Chinese fabless chip firm".EE Times.Retrieved17 February2011.
  14. ^"Company Overview".Celestial Semiconductor. Archived fromthe originalon 2011-03-09.Retrieved17 February2011.
  15. ^"Cavium to Acquire Switching and SDN Specialist Xpliant to Accelerate Deployment of Software Defined Networks"(Press release). Archived fromthe originalon 2017-08-03.Retrieved2019-01-14.
  16. ^"Company press release: Cavium to Acquire QLogic – Opportunity to drive significant growth at scale in data center and storage markets"(Press release). Archived fromthe originalon 2017-01-14.Retrieved2017-01-15.
  17. ^Palladino, Valentina (20 November 2017)."Marvell Technology to buy chipmaker Cavium for about $6 billion".Ars Technica.Retrieved20 November2017.
  18. ^Applebaum, J. R."Communication in a world of pervasive surveillance"(PDF).Retrieved19 September2023.
  19. ^"Cavium Move May Spell End For 'Security Processor' Market".networkcomputing. 2004-09-14.Retrieved2024-08-16.
  20. ^"Cavium Intros Octeon III".lightreading. 2012-02-07.Retrieved2024-08-16.
  21. ^"Cavium Introduces ThunderX".design-reuse. 2014-06-03.Retrieved2024-08-16.
  22. ^"Investigating Cavium's ThunderX: The First ARM Server SoC With Ambition".anandtech. 2016-06-15.Retrieved2024-08-16.
  23. ^"Cavium and XPliant Introduce a Fully Programmable Switch Silicon Family Scaling to 3.2 Terabits per Second".design-reuse. 2014-09-16.Retrieved2024-08-16.
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