Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Technology: Solarflare expands into Asia with presence in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Solarflare expands into Asia with presence in Hong Kong and Taiwan leading 10 gigabit ethernet company provides local support for original design and equipment manufacturers in Asia

Taipei, Taiwan (BUSINESS WIRE) - Solarflare Communications, the leading provider of standards-compliant 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) silicon, today announced that it has opened locations in Hong Kong and Taiwan to provide local customer support for original design manufacturers (ODMs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in Asia.

In Taiwan, senior field application engineer Leo Huang will be responsible for customer design-in and technology support in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining Solarflare, Huang worked for key domestic and overseas network equipment vendors such as DLink and Marvell. He has a bachelor's degree from National Chao Tung University.

Daniel Tse, director of sales Asia Pacific, is located in Hong Kong and responsible for all Solarflare business in the Asia Pacific region. Tse has worked in technology for more than 25 years and held various management positions in the Asia Pacific region for a number of multinational computer and network equipment companies. His experience includes building Fore Systems' and Extreme Networks' Asia business from the ground up.

Tse has a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas and a master's and doctorate degree from Ohio State University.

"As Solarflare ramps for volume production of our latest 10GBASE-T PHY and 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller products, we realize the importance of having a presence in Asia to support our local customers," said Russell Stern, chief executive officer at Solarflare. "Together, Tse and Huang bring the talent and experience required to help bring to market robust, efficient, standards-compliant 10GbE switch, server and storage networking solutions."

About Solarflare

10 Gigabit Products Solarflare designs and develops the highest-performing, lowest-power, standards-compliant 10GbE controllers and 10GBASE-T transceivers on the market. Optimized for all key virtualization platforms including Citrix XenEnterprise, Microsoft's Hyper-V and VMware's ESX server, Solarflare's Solarstorm? Ethernet controller consumes less than 2.2 watts at full line-rate performance delivering the optimal balance in performance and power efficiency. Solarflare's 10Xpress? 10GBASE-T PHY supports distances of greater than 100 meters on UTP Category 6A cabling, 100 meters on STP Category 6, 55 meters on UTP Category 6, and 45 meters on UTP Category 5E cabling. When combined on a server adapter, Solarflare's 10Xpress 10GBASE-T PHY and Solarstorm 10GbE controller deliver 10 times the performance of a 1 Gigabit NIC at half the power consumption of previous 10GbE server adapters. For additional product information and pricing, send a request to productinfo@solarflare.com.

About Solarflare Communications, Inc.

Solarflare Communications is a semiconductor company delivering the next level of high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE). As the leading provider of standards-compliant 10GbE silicon, Solarflare's robust and power-efficient solutions are cost effective and easy to deploy. Now real and ready for primetime, Solarflare 10GbE makes possible next-generation applications such as streaming rich media, Web 2.0, server virtualization and network convergence. Solarflare is working with key industry partners and customers to ensure interoperability and drive a complete 10GBASE-T ecosystem. Solarflare has announced relationships with Accton, Citrix, Delta, Ixia, Panduit, SMC and VMware. The privately held company is headquartered in Irvine, California with a development center in Cambridge, UK. For more information, visit http://www.solarflare.com.

All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.

LEWIS PR for SolarflareAmy Robinson / Katie Eakins 619-677-2700 solarflare@lewispr.com or Solarflare Communications Nicole E. Martin, 415-860-9194 nmartin@solarflare.com

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