Date: 02/12/2010

Cavium Networks joins Multicore Association (MCA)

Cavium Networks has joined the Multicore Association (MCA), an industry-wide initiative to drive standardization and promote interoperability among providers and users of multicore processor hardware and software. Multicore Association has appointed Cavium Networks' Engineer Rajan Goyal as Co-Chair of the MCA's Multicore Virtualization Working Group. Goyal joins Surender Kumar of Nokia Siemens Networks, who has been chairing this working group for the prior two years.
Cavium says customers have ranked Cavium Networks as the #1 multicore processor supplier as per the Heavy Ready Report "TEMs Rate Multicore & Network Processor Suppliers".

"The Multicore Association has led the charge to standardize on approaches to accelerate the adoption of embedded multicore processors. Founded in 2005, and now with more than 30 working group members and Tier-1 board members that include Huawei, NSN, Freescale, and Intel, the MCA has begun to provide key specifications to enable portability and scalability in customer applications," said Markus Levy, President of the Multicore Association. "We are very pleased that Cavium Networks is also dedicated to driving this industry-wide multicore initiative. Their industry knowledge will contribute greatly to future MCA strategy."

"I look forward to working closely with the Multicore Association," said Rajan Goyal, Distinguished Engineer, Cavium Networks. "With its long track record, the MCA has been the de facto leader in the multicore industry, and together we will set the pace in the future. The depth and breadth of the MCA membership provides the industry expertise and resources to define and advance relevant multicore initiatives for years to come. As a new Cavium PACE member, the MCA can leverage our dynamic and diverse ecosystem to accelerate its multicore hardware and software standardization mission."

"Virtualization is becoming increasingly important in networking equipment design, but standards are needed to allow designers to leverage applications and middleware across different virtualization solutions," commented Linley Gwennap, principal analyst of The Linley Group. "I applaud Cavium Networks' involvement in the standardization efforts of the Multicore Association. In particular, combining a networking processor vendor and a networking equipment OEM as co-chairs of this working group should facilitate a comprehensive standard."