Cavium to Demonstrate Leading Datacenter, HPC and Next-generation Cloud Infrastructure Solutions at Red Hat Summit 2017

SAN JOSE, CA – May 2, 2017 – Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable secure and intelligent processing for enterprise, datacenter, cloud, wired and wireless networking, will demonstrate leading datacenter, HPC and next-generation cloud infrastructure solutions with ThunderX® running on Red Hat operating systems and applications at Red Hat Summit 2017. The conference will be hosted at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from May 2nd - 4th.

Red Hat Summit is the premier open source technology event to showcase the latest and greatest in cloud computing, platform, virtualization, middleware, storage, and systems management technologies.

The ThunderX product family is Cavium’s 64-bit ARMv8-A server processor for datacenter and cloud applications, and features high-performance custom cores, single- and dual-socket configurations, high memory bandwidth and large memory capacity. The product family also includes integrated hardware accelerators, integrated feature-rich high bandwidth network and storage IO, fully virtualized core and IO, and scalable high bandwidth, low latency Ethernet fabric, which affords ThunderX best-in-class ARMv8-A performance per dollar. They are fully compliant with ARMv8-A architecture specifications as well as ARM‘s SBSA and SBBR standards, and widely supported by industry-leading OS, Hypervisor and Software tool and application vendors.

Cavium will present the following product demonstrations in the ARM Ecosystem Showcase booth #426:

• ThunderX & ThunderX2™: 64–bit ARMv8–based SoC family of workload–optimized processors with a range of SKUs and form factors optimized for scale out workloads including volume compute, storage, secure compute and networking running Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS and key cloud workloads.
• Cavium OEM and Cloud partners will be presenting ThunderX platform demonstrations and ThunderX Web Hosting Solutions.
• Cavium Open Source and Application partners will be demonstrating software applications and expanding ARM server software ecosystem availability and maturity.

Cavium will also be participating at the Red Hat hosted panel session on ARM-based datacenters on Wednesday, May 3rd at 11:30 a.m. EDT in the Partner Theatre. A number of Cavium partners will also be participating at this panel including Packet, Linaro and ARM.

To schedule a meeting with Cavium, please contact your local sales account manager or Sales@cavium.com. Please enter Meeting at Red Hat Summit 2017.

About Cavium
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), offers a broad portfolio of infrastructure solutions for compute, security, storage, switching, connectivity and baseband processing. Cavium’s highly integrated multi-core SoC products deliver software compatible solutions across low to high performance points enabling secure and intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Datacenter and Service Provider Equipment. Cavium processors and solutions are supported by an extensive ecosystem of operating systems, tools, application stacks, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, Israel, China and Taiwan.

Media Contact:
Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Telephone: +1 408-943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com 

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Cavium Partners with China Unicom to Showcase M-CORD NFV/5G at Mobile World Congress 2017

ThunderX® ARM V8.1 workload optimized data center server processors and XPliant® SDN fabric for deployment solutions

SAN JOSE, CA, and BARCELONA, SPAIN February 27, 2017 – Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable secure and intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, wired and wireless networking today announced a full implementation of the ON.Lab CORD (Central Office Re-architected as Data center) SDN/NFV platform software stack on its ThunderX ARM based data center COTS server architecture. In addition, the leaf and spine switching integral to CORD is now supported by Cavium’s XPliant programmable SDN switch.

As part of the previously announced collaboration Cavium and China Unicom have worked closely on porting and integrating the entire M-CORD software stack to a single unified hardware architecture optimized for NFV operation and SDN control. The Cavium M-CORD rack is a fully integrated system implementing the full set of features from the edge of the Radio Access Network (RAN) to the ONOS and XOS SDN and orchestration software. It allows for a virtually turn-key operation in any central office for a full NFV C-RAN deployment.  The combination of the ThunderX ARM based data center server processor with the award winning highly programmable XPliant switch provide a compelling platform for M-CORD.

China Unicom and Cavium will work together to trial the system in live locations to optimize the vBBU performance and core network provisioning.

“We are very excited to collaborate with China Unicom in this key milestone in the M-CORD initiative. A homogenous hardware architecture fully optimized for NFV and 5G functions is a key pre-requisite for field deployments,” said Raj Singh Vice President & General Manager of the Network & Communication Group at Cavium. “This differentiated and highly scalable implementation will allow operators such as China Unicom to rapidly explore and implement next generation network topologies.”

“Our collaboration with Cavium has shown real progress and we are looking forward to trying the new ThunderX based M-CORD and virtualized RAN implementation in our network,” said Dr. Tang Xiongyan, CTO of Network Technology Research Institute, China Unicom”. “We believe that our partnership will provide significant benefits to both parties.”

About Cavium
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), offers a broad portfolio of infrastructure solutions for compute, security, storage, switching, connectivity and baseband processing. Cavium’s highly integrated multi-core SoC products deliver software compatible solutions across low to high performance points enabling secure and intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Data Center and Service Provider Equipment. Cavium processors and solutions are supported by an extensive ecosystem of operating systems, tools, application stacks, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, Israel, China and Taiwan.

Media Contact 
Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Telephone: +1 408-943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com 

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Cavium to Demonstrate Newest Infrastructure Security Solutions at RSA 2017

Demonstrations include next-generation crypto acceleration and offload solutions for enterprise, cloud data centers and telco infrastructures

SAN JOSE, CA – February 13, 2017 – Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of products that enable secure and intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless networking, will demonstrate the company’s newest infrastructure security solutions at RSA 2017 from February 13^th – 16^th in San Francisco at the Moscone Center, South Hall in Booth 2133. Cavium product demonstrations will include the company’s industry leading, LiquidSecurity® HSM family, NITROX® processors and OCTEON TX™ multicore processors.

With the rapid growth of multi-tenant data centers and expansion of enterprise boundaries into the cloud, vulnerability of the network infrastructure has increased, mandating the implementation of security at multiple layers of the network. Enterprises, cloud and service provider infrastructure providers are rapidly deploying comprehensive Layer 3 to Layer 7 security across every node as well as fully encrypted node to node traffic both within the LAN as well as the WAN. The ever increasing proliferation of mobile devices is driving the demand for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) for establishing security tunnels. These trends are driving strong momentum in the security segment for Cavium comprehensive solution portfolio in this market.

Show Highlights and Demonstrations
Cavium executives will be available to discuss the broad range of solutions, including the company’s most recent announcements.  The following product demonstrations will be shown in Cavium’s booth 2133:

·         LiquidSecurityHSM: Single appliance with 32 run time scalable partitions providing high Key signing 35K@ 2048b operations per second as well as large key storage in the FIPS140–2 boundary for 32 different network domains. This solution is targeted toward public and private cloud data centers offering KMS, PKI, Doc signing and offering centralized key management and centralized key infrastructure.

·         NITROX V: Next generation NITROX V crypto processor providing crypto at the highest performance levels for RSA, ECC and bulk throughput targeting Cloud, NFV and Storage solutions.

·         NITROX XL FIPSAdapters: First FIPS/HSM adapter that provides up to 35K 2K sign/sec and up to 32 partitioned HSMs in a single HSM boundary. This adapter enables standard Cryptographic interfaces for enterprise software solutions with FIPS–level 3 security requirements.

·         OCTEON TX Multicore Processors: Compatible 64–bit ARM and MIPS SoC families delivering industry leading performance and power efficiency for intelligent networking and security applications. Optimized for enterprise and wireless infrastructure, with comprehensive built–in hardware acceleration for SSL, IPsec, Wireless crypto algorithms, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), packet processing QoS and traffic management.

To schedule a meeting with Cavium, please contact your local sales manager or Lilly Ly (lly@cavium.com). Please enter "Meeting Request at RSA Conference 2017" in the subject line.

About Cavium

Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 1Gbps to 100Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Data Center, Broadband/Consumer, Mobile and Service Provider Equipment, highly programmable switches which scale to 3.2Tbps and Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters up to 100Gbps. Cavium processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tools and application support, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, China and Taiwan

Media Contact

Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Telephone: +1 408-943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com 

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Cavium Announces Financial Results for Q4 2016

SAN JOSE, Calif., February 1, 2017 – Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless networking, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2016.

Net revenue in the fourth quarter of 2016 was $226.2 million, a 34.5% sequential increase from the $168.1 million reported in the third quarter of 2016 and 124.0% from the $100.9 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Results
Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2016 was $121.6 million, or ($1.82) per diluted share, compared to $14.4 million, or ($0.23) per diluted share in the third quarter of 2016. Gross margins were 43.4% in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to 28.2% in the third quarter of 2016. GAAP operating loss (GAAP loss from operations as a percentage of revenue) was 12.9% in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to 56.1% in the third quarter of 2016. Total cash and cash equivalents were $221.4 million at December 31, 2016.

Non-GAAP ResultsCavium believes that the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides important supplemental information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to Cavium’s financial condition and results of operations. Cavium believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide additional insight into Cavium’s ongoing performance and core operational activities and has chosen to provide these measures for more consistent and meaningful comparison between periods. These measures should only be used to evaluate Cavium’s results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. The reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP financial results is provided in the financial statements portion of this release.

In the fourth quarter of 2016, Non-GAAP net income was $39.8 million, or $0.56 per diluted share. Non-GAAP gross margin was 65.0% and Non-GAAP operating margin (non-GAAP income from operations as a percentage of revenue) was 21.6%.

Recent News Highlights

• January 31, 2017  - Cavium QLogic Leads Ethernet & Fibre Channel I/O Innovation for Next Generation Servers
• January 24, 2017  - Cavium Contributes to the First Programmable Wedge 100C Switch Design to OCP
• January 17, 2017  - Cavium QLogic Delivers Expanded Options for Server and Storage Connectivity
• January 16, 2017 - Cavium's XPliant Family of Ethernet Switches Received Linley Group's Analysts' Choice Award for Best Networking Chip 2016
• December 8, 2016 - Cavium and China Unicom Signed Collaboration Agreement for Virtualized RAN Technology
• November 15, 2016 - Cavium and Leading Partners Showcased ThunderX ARM-based Server Platforms, QLogic FastLinQ Ethernet Adapters and Fibre Channel HBAs for High Performance Computing at SC16

Cavium will broadcast its fourth quarter of 2016 financial results conference call today, February 1, 2017, at 2 p.m. Pacific time (5 p.m. Eastern time). The conference call will be available via a live web cast on the investor relations section of the Cavium website at http://www.cavium.com. Please access the website at least a few minutes prior to the start of the call in order to download and install any necessary audio software. An archived web cast replay of the call will be available on the web site for a limited period of time.

About Cavium

Cavium offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 1Gbps to 100Gbp that enable secure, intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Data Center, Broadband, Mobile and Service Provider Equipment, highly programmable switches which scale to 3.2Tbps and Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters up to 100Gbps. Cavium processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tools and application support, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, Israel, China and Taiwan. For more information, please visit: http://www.cavium.com.

Cavium ContactAngel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Tel: (408) 943-7417
Email:angel.atondo@cavium.com

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Cavium, Inc. Announces Extension of the Expiration of the Exchange Offer in Connection with the Proposed Acquisition of QLogic Corporation

San Jose, Calif., August 10, 2016 – Cavium, Inc. (Nasdaq: CAVM) (“Cavium”), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless networking, today announced that the previously announced offer to exchange all of the outstanding shares of common stock of QLogic Corporation (“QLogic”) for $11.00 in cash and 0.098 shares of Cavium common stock for each share of QLogic common stock (the “Offer”) has been extended pursuant to the marketing period provided by the merger agreement entered into on June 15, 2016 among Cavium, Quasar Acquisition Corp., the offeror and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cavium, and QLogic (the “Merger Agreement”) in connection with Cavium’s debt financing for the transaction.

The Offer will now expire at 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on August 15, 2016, unless further extended in accordance with the Merger Agreement. All other terms and conditions of the Offer remain unchanged. Cavium expects the transaction to close on or about August 16, 2016, subject to the tender and non-withdrawal of a majority of the outstanding shares of QLogic common stock.  The closing of the Offer remains subject to other customary closing conditions.

The depositary for the Offer has advised Parent that, as of 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of August 9, 2016, approximately 59,315,736 shares have been validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, representing approximately 70.7% of the outstanding QLogic shares.

The terms and conditions of the Offer are described in the exchange offer documents, which have been mailed to QLogic stockholders and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

About Cavium 
Cavium is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing in enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless service provider applications. Cavium offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance up to 100 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise, data center, broadband and access & service provider equipment. Cavium’s processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tool support, reference designs and other services. Cavium’s principal offices are in San Jose, California with design team locations in California, Massachusetts, India, and China. For more information, please visit:http://www.cavium.com. (Know more)

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Cavium, Inc. Announces Expiration of HSR Waiting Period for Proposed Acquisition of QLogic Corporation

San Jose, Calif., August 2, 2016 – Cavium, Inc. (Nasdaq: CAVM) ("Cavium"), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless networking, today announced the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act") in connection with its proposed acquisition of QLogic Corporation (“QLogic”) occurred at 11:59 p.m. EST on July 29, 2016.

As previously announced, Cavium has entered into a merger agreement under which Cavium will acquire QLogic for $11.00 in cash and 0.098 shares of Cavium common stock for each share of QLogic common stock, through an exchange offer (the “Offer”) followed by a merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of Cavium with and into QLogic.  The expiration of the HSR Act waiting period satisfies one of the conditions required to consummate the Offer.  The closing of the Offer remains subject to other customary conditions, including the tender of a majority of the outstanding shares of QLogic common stock.

The Offer is scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of August 9, 2016, unless earlier extended or terminated.  The terms and conditions of the Offer are described in the exchange offer documents, which have been mailed to QLogic stockholders and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

About Cavium
Cavium is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing in enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless service provider applications. Cavium offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance up to 100 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise, data center, broadband and access & service provider equipment. Cavium’s processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tool support, reference designs and other services. Cavium’s principal offices are in San Jose, California with design team locations in California, Massachusetts, India, and China. For more information, please visit: http://www.Cavium.com.

Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements:
Certain statements made herein, including, for example, information regarding the proposed transaction between Cavium and QLogic, the expected timetable for completing the transaction, and the potential benefits of the transaction, are "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements reflect the current analysis of existing information and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. As a result, caution must be exercised in relying on forward-looking statements. Due to known and unknown risks, our actual results may differ materially from our expectations or projections.

The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement; the outcome of any legal proceedings that could be instituted against QLogic or its directors or Cavium related to the merger agreement; the possibility that various conditions to the consummation of the Cavium exchange offer and merger may not be satisfied or waived, including the receipt of all regulatory clearances related to the merger; the failure of Cavium to obtain the necessary financing pursuant to the arrangements set forth in the debt commitment letter delivered pursuant to the merger agreement or otherwise; uncertainty as to how many shares of QLogic common stock will be tendered into the Cavium exchange offer; the risk that the Cavium exchange offer and merger will not close within the anticipated time periods; risks related to the ultimate outcome and results of integrating the operations of Cavium and QLogic, the ultimate outcome of Cavium's operating strategy applied to QLogic and the ultimate ability to realize synergies; the effects of the business combination on Cavium and QLogic, including the increased level of indebtedness resulting from the transaction, and the combined company's future financial condition, operating results, strategy and plans; risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations, and potential difficulties in employee retention as a result of the merger; the risk of downturns in the semiconductor and networking industries; the effects of local and national economic, credit and capital market conditions on the economy in general; and other risks and uncertainties described herein, as well as those risks and uncertainties discussed from time to time in our other reports and other public filings with the SEC, including, but not limited to, those detailed in QLogic's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 3, 2016, and Cavium's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and Cavium's most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained herein are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Additional Information and Where to Find It
This document relates to a pending business combination transaction between Cavium and QLogic. This document does not constitute an offer to sell or exchange, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or exchange, any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or exchange would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Cavium has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 related to the transaction with the SEC, as amended, and may file amendments thereto. Cavium and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cavium have filed a tender offer statement on Schedule TO (including a prospectus/offer to exchange, a related letter of transmittal and other exchange offer documents) related to the transaction with the SEC, as amended, and may file amendments thereto. QLogic has filed a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC, as amended, and may file amendments thereto. QLogic and Cavium may also file other documents with the SEC regarding the transaction. This document is not a substitute for any registration statement, Schedule TO, Schedule 14D-9 or any other document which QLogic or Cavium may file with the SEC in connection with the transaction. Investors and security holders are urged to read the registration statement, the Schedule TO (including the prospectus/offer to exchange, related letter of transmittal and other exchange offer documents), the solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 and the other relevant materials with respect to the transaction carefully and in their entirety, and to review any additional materials when they become available before making any investment decision with respect to the transaction, because they contain important information about the transaction.

The prospectus/offer to exchange, the related letter of transmittal and certain other exchange offer documents, as well as the solicitation/recommendation statement, will be made available to all holders of QLogic's stock at no expense to them. The exchange offer materials and the solicitation/recommendation statement are available for free at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Additional copies of the exchange offer materials and the solicitation/recommendation statement may be obtained for free by contacting Cavium's Investor Relations department at (408) 943-7417 or at angel.atondo@cavium.com. Additional copies of the solicitation/recommendation statement may be obtained for free by contacting QLogic's Investor Relations department at (949) 542-1330 or at doug.naylor@qlogic.com.

In addition to the prospectus/offer to exchange, the related letter of transmittal and certain other exchange offer documents, as well as the solicitation/recommendation statement, Cavium and QLogic file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any reports or other information filed by Cavium and QLogic at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

Cavium Contact                                                        

Angel Atondo                                                                                      

Sr. Marketing Communications Manager

Tel: (408) 943-7417                                                                            

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GIGABYTE and Cavium Announce Official Release of Production-Ready ThunderX®-based Servers

Collaboration brings the world's most powerful 64-bit ARM® based servers to market to address increasingly demanding application and workload requirements

SHANGHAI, China., July 19, 2016 –GIGABYTE Technology (TWSE: 2376), a leading manufacturer of motherboards and barebones for server applications, and Cavium Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, cloud, and data center, today announced a line-up of products built on the industry-leading ThunderX  family of workload-optimized ARM server SoCs.

 At a joint event in Shanghai, GIGABYTE and Cavium officially announced the release of a range of 14 server SKUs – the results of co-operation based on the Cavium ThunderX platform, utilizing GIGABYTE's almost 20 years of experience in the server industry. With these products, the partnership has produced a compelling, high performance alternative to the incumbent solutions in the market. GIGABYTE and Cavium had the honor of inviting ecosystem partners - ARM, Innodisk, Linaro, Qlogic, Red Hat, and Suse - all of which have committed resource to bringing ARM-based servers to the mainstream enterprise market - as guest speakers at the event. GIGABYTE and Cavium are working with these stakeholders to bring higher performance-per-dollar to the server market and open up a range of potential new applications.

This solution targets high performance volume servers deployed by Public/Private Cloud and Telco data centers. It is optimized for key Data Center workloads including compute, security, storage, and distributed databases. GIGABYTE ThunderX servers deliver comparable performance at a more compelling TCO than traditional x86 server systems.

Key GIGABYTE ThunderX Server Features
GIGABYTE has utilized its know-how to become the first and only server vendor to capture the benefits of Cavium’s revolutionary design and bring disruptive new solutions to the market through production-ready server products, which bring about:

• Adoption of the first dual-socket ARM SoC architecture that scales up to 48 cores per processor with up to 2.0 GHz core frequency
• The highest integrated I/O capability with up to 160Gb of I/O bandwidth
• Four DDR4 72 bit memory controllers capable of supporting up to 1TB of memory in a dual socket configuration at 2133MHz
• Best in class performance per watt and performance per dollar for storage and compute applications
• A comprehensive range of designs, from cost-focused entry level solutions to high density storage and compute focused platforms

"GIGABYTE has developed and is already shipping a range of Cavium ThunderX-based server products to customers in US, Europe and Asia," said Andy Chen, AVP, Network and Communications Business Unit, GIGABYTE. "Our comprehensive portfolio of ThunderX-based systems is available for order and a number of customers have already received production units. We are seeing strong demand for these ARM-based platforms – especially from cloud service providers."

A comprehensive ecosystem is key to the development of a market for ARM-based servers. To this end, we have been working with stakeholders across the value chain. GIGABYTE’s release partners contributed their views on co-operation and the market in general:

ARM:
"The momentum for ARM-based servers is building and the new range of server products from GIGABYTE and Cavium enhances choice for companies seeking to match compute needs with the most energy and cost-effective solutions,” said Lakshmi Mandyam, senior marketing director of server program, ARM. “It is excellent to see ARM partners at the heart of driving innovative solutions that are delivering to the rigorous demands of cloud data center application and workload diversity.”

CAVIUM:
“The ARM server market is beginning to expand and grow and mature” said Rishi Chugh, Director, Data Center Processor Group at Cavium. “GIGABYTE is the perfect partner to lead this effort and showcase the breadth of ThunderX-based workload optimized server platforms delivering the flexibility and performance required for next generation cloud data centers.” 

Red Hat:
"Red Hat1 has been collaborating with GIGABYTE for quite some time via the Red Hat ARM Partner Early Access Program, as they worked to develop systems based on Cavium's ThunderX processor family," said Tim Burke, vice president, Linux Engineering, Red Hat. "These new, scalable servers serve as an excellent example of the technical innovation and standardization efforts within the growing ARM ecosystem. We are very pleased that as a result of our joint efforts we currently have Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM Development Preview running on GIGABYTE systems in lab and development environments."

Innodisk:
“Innodisk is a leading provider of industrial-grade storage solutions. Innodisk’s miniDIMM and RDIMM series solutions, especially aimed at server and telecommunication applications, have been certified by GIGABYTE and Cavium. Innodisk has collaborated with GIGABYTE and CAVIUM for years and looks forward to continuing to provide the best storage solutions in this field,” said Samson Chang, Vice President, Embedded DRAM division of Innodisk.

SUSE
“SUSE’s collaboration with Cavium and GIGABYTE has helped to bring AArch64 and cloud solutions to our customers, a development which is also highly meaningful for the development of the industry,” said Andy Jiang, Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan General Manager with SUSE. “With the hyper-scale hardware of GIGABYTE, SUSE can now deliver the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Enterprise Storage and SUSE OpenStack Cloud to our clients. Cavium and GIGABYTE have demonstrated strong leadership in the ARM server market, and SUSE will work continue to closely with them.” 

QLogic:
“The advent of data center-class ARM processors provide end users options to tailor hardware to suit specific workloads,” said Greg Scherer, vice president and CTO, QLogic. “The new ThunderX-based servers push the envelope of compute and drive the need for higher speed I/O.” 

About GIGABYTE
GIGABYTE, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is known as a global brand in the IT industry, with employees and business channels in almost every country. Founded in 1986, GIGABYTE started as a research and development team and has since taken the lead in the world's motherboard and graphics card markets.

On top of motherboards and graphics cards, GIGABYTE has become a leading producer of server hardware. Taking advantage of many years of know-how in motherboard design and manufacturing, GIGABYTE uses the most reliable components and aims for the highest quality standards only. This focus on excellence has allowed the company to work successfully with the biggest names in the server industry over the years, fueling its dedication to keep creating innovative server solutions for the future.

About Cavium
Cavium is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing in enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless service provider applications. Cavium offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance up to 100 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise, data center, broadband and access & service provider equipment. Cavium’s processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tool support, reference designs and other services. Cavium’s principal offices are in San Jose, California with design team locations in California, Massachusetts, India, and China. For more information, please visit: http://www.Cavium.com.

GIGABYTE Contact
Stuart Coyle
Marketing Communications
Telephone: +886-2-8912-4000
Email:  stuart.coyle@GIGABYTE.com

Cavium Contact
Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Telephone: +1 408-943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com

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