Cavium Receives Award for an Unprecedented Third
Time
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. December 11, 2006
– Cavium Networks, a world leader in networking, security
and embedded processor solutions, today announced that the
Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA), voice of the global
fabless business model, recognized Cavium Networks as the
Industry's Most Respected Private Fabless Company at the Association's
2006 Awards Dinner Celebration in Santa Clara, California.
Cavium Networks received this award for an unprecedented third
time, for its product, vision, strategy and future opportunity.
From over 900 private fabless semiconductor companies worldwide,
this award is bestowed annually upon the company most respected
in terms of product, vision, strategy, future opportunities
and likelihood of long-term success. Previous winners of
this award include NVIDIA, Marvell and Atheros Communications.
The award process consists of nomination by an FSA committee
of industry experts and then final selection by the fabless
community, semiconductor financial and industry analysts
and suppliers.
“We are pleased to recognize Cavium Networks, an
FSA member since 2003, as the winner of the Most Respected
Private Fabless Company Award for the third time as voted
by the industry,” said Jodi Shelton, co-founder and
executive director of FSA. “Receiving this award,
once again, speaks volumes to the company’s reputation.
We congratulate Cavium Networks on its innovation and exemplary
leadership.”
“Over the past 6 years, Cavium has established a
strong track record of consistent innovation, product execution
and growth,” said Syed Ali, President and CEO of Cavium
Networks. “We are honored to receive this prestigious
award, which recognizes the tremendous commitment of our
team in working with our customers and partners towards
building a successful business.”
About FSA:
FSA is the voice of the global fabless business model. Incorporated
in 1994, FSA positively impacts the growth and return on
invested capital of this business model to enhance the environment
for innovation. It provides a platform for meaningful global
collaboration between fabless companies and their partners;
identifies and articulates opportunities and challenges
to enable solutions; and provides research, resources, publications
and survey information. Members include fabless companies
and their supply chain and service partners, representing
more than 21 countries across the globe. www.fsa.org
About Cavium Networks
Cavium Networks is a world leader in security and MIPS®-based
single and multi-core processors for networking, wireless,
storage and control plane applications. Cavium Networks
offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible
processors and accelerator boards ranging in performance
from 10 Mbps to 20+ Gbps that enable secure, intelligent
functionality in SOHO/SME, enterprise and service provider
network equipment. Cavium Networks processors are supported
by a rich ecosystem of software, silicon and ODM hardware
solutions from leading vendors in networking, unified threat
management (UTM), wireless, voice, operating system, Java,
motherboard and other areas. Cavium Networks is headquartered
in the heart of Silicon Valley in Mountain View, CA with
development centers in Marlborough, MA and India. For more
information, please visit: http://www.caviumnetworks.com
Cavium Networks Contact:
Angel Atondo - Marketing
Cavium Networks
805 East Middlefield Road,
Mountain View, CA 94043
Telephone: 650-623-7033
Email: angel.atondo@caviumnetworks.com
