Netronome
Netronome is a privately held fabless semiconductor company specializing in the design of network flow processors used for intelligent flow processing in network and communications devices, such as switches, routers and cyber security applications.
History
Netronome was founded in 2003 by Niel Viljoen, David Wells and Johann Tönsing, who had all previously worked for Marconi. Niel Viljoen served as Chief Technology Officer at Marconi, having been General Manager at Fore Systems, acquired by Marconi for $4.6 billion in 1999, and is currently Netronome’s Chief Development Officer. Viljoen served as the CEO and president of Netronome from 2003 until 2011. In February 2011, Netronome announced Howard Bubb as Chief Executive Officer.
In November 2007, Netronome announced a technology licensing and sales and marketing agreement with Intel Corporation focused on the extension of the Intel IXP28XX product line of network processors. Under the terms of the agreement, Netronome is developing a next-generation line of IXP-compatible, high-end network processors that combine the Intel IXP28XX technology with Netronome’s architecture.[1]
In March 2010, Netronome announced it began shipping the Network Flow Processor (NFP–3240), specifically designed for tight coupling with x86 architectures.[2]
Products
Netronome produces network flow processors, engines (PCIe expansion cards housing Netronome Silicon), processing platforms (1U & 2U chassis with 1 or more engines and flow processing software) and SSL inspectors.