Xelerated

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Xelerated, Inc.
Company type Private
IndustrySemiconductor
Founded2000
FateAcquired by Marvell Technology Group
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden
ProductsX10, X11, HX310, HX320, HX330
Website www.xelerated.com

Xelerated Inc., founded in 2000, was a fabless semiconductor company specializing in ASSP-based Carrier Ethernet chipsets. Xelerated carried a line of programmable Network Processing Units (NPUs) [1] and Ethernet network switches for the Metro Ethernet, access network and high-end enterprise markets. [2] [3]

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Overview

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100G network-processor

Xelerated's design relies upon a patented dataflow architecture. Like an ASIC, it is optimized in relation to the flow of packets instead of the flow of instructions through a RISC core. As a result, processing speed is predictable rather than variable. [4] Because Xelerated's NPUs and Ethernet switches were programmable, carriers could reprogram them to adapt to new standards as they develop. [5]

The company had offices in Santa Clara, California, Stockholm, Tel Aviv and Beijing.

In January 2012, Xelerated was acquired by Marvell Technology Group for an undisclosed sum. [6] [7]

In May 2015, the staff was informed about pending layoffs. In December 2015, office property from the Stockholm office was auctioned off. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Xelerated adds network processor with traffic management for 100G to HX family". lightwaveonline.com. 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  2. ↑ "Xelerated Gets Into Switches". lightreading.com. 2010-04-26. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  3. ↑ "Xelerated and Dune announce production-ready Metro Ethernet switch". eetimes.com. 2006-06-05. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  4. ↑ "networkZONE Products for the week of June 16, 2008", EN Genius Network, June 16, 2008 Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine .
  5. ↑ "Xelerated Turbocharges NPU Line", The Linley Wire, June 10, 2008 Archived August 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine .
  6. ↑ Nicolas Mokhoff (January 4, 2012). "Marvell's buy of Xelerated lines up comms offerings". EE Times.
  7. ↑ Ray Le Maistre (January 4, 2012). "Marvell Snaps Up Xelerated". Light Reading. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  8. ↑ Per Henricsson (December 11, 2015). "Xelerated under klubban". Elektroniktidningen.
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