NetXen Announces Volume Production of 10-Gigabit Ethernet Intelligent NICs for Mainstream Server Market
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TSMC Enables NetXen to Deliver the Advanced 10GbE Technology IT Managers Require to Address Evolving Datacenter Demands
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and HSINCHU, Taiwan, Aug. 21 / -- NetXen Inc. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE:TSM) today announced that NetXen's 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) Intelligent NIC(TM) chip is now in volume production.
"The enterprise datacenter is on a verge of a major shift to 10GbE," said Govind Kizhepat, NetXen's founder and CEO. "Our relationship with TSMC enables NetXen to answer the growing demand for 10GbE NIC technology in the Agile Datacenter(TM). As the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, TSMC has the process technology and manufacturing capability to address this demand."
The NetXen Intelligent NIC products are the industry's first dual-port 10GbE solutions with native PCI Express (PCIe) functionality. The products are software- and firmware-upgradeable, unlike existing hardwired solutions. This enables server systems equipped with Intelligent NIC technology to readily evolve with changing market needs and adapt to different datacenter workloads. The products provide IT managers flexibility and investment protection in an ever-changing technology environment. Top-tier system suppliers, such as HP and IBM, plan to incorporate NetXen's Intelligent NIC technology in products currently under development.
"Our goal is to support the growth of emerging semiconductor markets in collaboration with our customers," said Dr. Kenneth Kin, senior vice president of Worldwide Sales & Service at TSMC. "NetXen's innovation in this market and our partnership with them will help proliferate cost-effective 10GbE in the enterprise datacenter."
"The time for 10GbE deployment is now and the ability to provide product to this explosive market is crucial," Kizhepat added. "Teaming with TSMC is imperative. TSMC's quality and high-volume manufacturing capacity are significant factors as we prepare to deliver large volumes of 10GbE products to global markets."
About NetXen, Inc.
NetXen, Inc. is a privately-held company that manufactures intelligent 10- Gigabit Ethernet networking chips that advance enterprise datacenter performance and agility. Founded in February 2002 by chip design veteran Govind Kizhepat, the company is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., with an office in Pune, India. NetXen's protocol- and OS-agnostic Intelligent NICs are designed for volume 10-Gigabit deployments and are targeted at server, storage, security and networking systems. Additional information about the company and its patented chip architecture is available at www.netxen.com .
About TSMC
TSMC is the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, providing industry's leading process technology and the foundry industry's largest portfolio of process-proven library, IP, design tools and reference flows. The company operates two advanced twelve-inch wafer fabs, five eight-inch fabs and one six-inch wafer fab. TSMC also has substantial capacity commitments at its wholly owned subsidiaries, WaferTech and TSMC (Shanghai), and its joint venture fab, SSMC. TSMC is the first foundry to provide 65nm production capabilities. Its corporate headquarters are in Hsinchu, Taiwan. For more information about TSMC please see www.tsmc.com/ .
Contacts:
NetXen, Inc.
Cheryl Patstone
Phone: 408-327-1347
E-mail: cheryl@netxen.com
Joe Kilmer
The Hoffman Agency
Phone: +1 408-975-3032
E-mail: jilmer@hoffman.com
TSMC
Laurie Brunner-Ewell
Phone: 408-382-8089
E-mail: lbrunner@tsmc.com
Source: NetXen Inc.
Web site: www.netxen.com/
http://www.tsmc.com/
