Killer
News hot off the wire is that Rivet Networks, the company behind the Killer range of accelerated networking products and analysis tools, is being acquired by Intel. The two companies have been working very closely of late, using a unified silicon strategy for the latest gigabit Ethernet networking silicon and also Wi-Fi 6 add-in cards and CNVi CRF modules for laptops. This new acquisition for Intel will enable an element of Ethernet traffic monitoring and optimization the portfolio has not had before, but it will be interesting to see how Intel hands the acquisition compared to when Qualcomm Atheros acquired Rivet Networks some years ago.
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63 by Anton Shilov on 6/7/2019
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20 by Ian Cutress on 5/30/2019
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32 by Ian Cutress on 4/15/2019
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10 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/15/2019
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7 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2018
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7 by Anton Shilov on 6/4/2018
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1 by Joe Shields on 5/23/2018
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19 by Ian Cutress on 1/8/2018
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3 by Ganesh T S on 1/7/2018
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4 by Ian Cutress on 5/30/2017
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22 by Ganesh T S on 1/9/2017
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12 by Ian Cutress on 11/4/2014
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