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February 07, 2012

Solarflare Heats Up Network Processing

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 7 -- Solarflare announced today its ApplicationOnload Engine (AOE), a new platform that moves application processing into the network adapter for applications that rely on real-time, high-performance network data. Solarflare’s AOE combines a 10GbE server adapter with a FPGA (field-programmable gate array) that provides a seamless, low-latency network interface to the host server and application processing. It is an open platform that utilizes applications developed by Solarflare, Solarflare’s customers or third-party developers.

The AOE was developed using a system-level approach, combining software and hardware into a single, plug-and-play solution that brings applications closer to the network to improve system performance. This architecture allows users to determine which portions of code benefit most from hardware processing, and which portions are most effectively processed in software on the host server. This approach allows users to optimize their compute and network infrastructure for their application processing. Applications that can benefit from AOE include financial services, oil and gas exploration, Internet, network security and video processing.

Solarflare is the industry’s fastest-growing 10GbE server adapter company according to Dell’Oro, and now has over 500 customers worldwide, including three of the world’s largest securities exchanges, major commercial banks, trading firms and hedge funds. Additionally, Solarflare products are deployed in major research institutions, oil and gas exploration, big data applications and virtualized data centers. Solarflare is working closely with a number of these companies on the development and deployment of AOE.

Solarflare is developing applications that will be offered as part of the AOE product portfolio. Additionally, the company is providing customers and partners with a firmware development kit (FDK), which includes application programming interface (API), libraries, documentation and support, enabling the development of third-party applications. AOE will be available to customers beginning in calendar Q2, 2012.

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