Navarro Networks
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Navarro Networks was a developer of ethernet-based ASIC components based in Plano, Texas, in the United States.. They produced a high end Network processor for ethernet and other applications.
Navarro Networks was founded in 2000. Their CEO was Mark Bluhm, who was formerly a Vice President at Cyrix. A group of nine employees left the Cyrix division of Via in March of 2000 to staff the company.
They were acquired by Cisco Systems on May 1, 2002 in a stock transaction worth up to USD $85M. They joined the Internet Systems Business Unit to enhance Cisco's internal ASIC capability in Ethernet switching platforms.
[edit] External links
- Cisco Press Release
- Converge Network Digest
- Network Processor article
- Navarro on list of high-end network processors
- Engineers leave Via/Cyrix to staff company
- Staff joins Navarro