IRVINE, CA – October 31, 2006

Solarflare Communications appoints Russ Krapf as new Vice President of Sales and Business Development

Company augments team to strengthen customer relationships and OEM partnerships after sampling the industry’s first 100-meter 10GBASE-T parts

Solarflare ® Communications announced today that Russ Krapf has joined the company as vice president of sales and business development to strengthen customer relationships and OEM partnerships subsequent to Solarflare’s sampling this past summer of the industry’s first 100-meter 10GBASE-T parts. Krapf reports to Russell Stern, Solarflare’s CEO.

The recently published IEEE 802.3an-2006 Standard for 10GBASE-T requires all physical layer chips to reach 100 meters on Category 6A cabling. “We won the long- distance race to 100 meters on Category 6A cabling by delivering standards-complaint samples to customers who are bringing their 10GBASE-T products to market in 2007,” said Stern. “Despite discussions in the Ethernet industry to lower the bar and support lower reach solutions, Solarflare has been committed to solving the hard technical problem. We have stayed the course in order to support customers with 100-meter 10GBASE-T products. Now, as we move from design-in to production with our OEM customers, we are adding an industry veteran to ensure we build world-class partnerships with switch and server OEMs and enable solutions with our PHY, controller, and software products that accelerate the 10 GbE market. Russ is an excellent addition to Solarflare’s executive team.”

Krapf joins Solarflare from ARIO Data Networks where he was CEO and introduced innovative storage networking solutions. Prior to that, Krapf was VP of business development in the Fibre Channel connectivity business at JNI Corp in San Diego, where he was responsible for all business development strategy and ultimately for the sale of the company to AMCC. Krapf was VP of business development at Western Digital Corporation, and he has held a number of other CEO and senior executive positions in the past with companies such as Keen Personal Media, Western Digital, Censtor and Seagate. Krapf holds a B.S. in Engineering Science from Florida State University and an M.B.A. from Boston University.

About Solarflare Communications, Inc.

Solarflare Communications Inc. is a leading silicon vendor delivering Ethernet products that enable the rapid adoption of 10 Gigabit for data center and enterprise networks. Solarflare was the first company to demonstrate and sample to customers a 10GBASE-T PHY reaching 100 meters over an IEEE 802.3an standards-compliant Category 6A link. The company’s high-performance Ethernet solutions will lower the cost of 10G networking for data center and enterprise customers. The privately held company is headquartered in Irvine, California with a development center in Cambridge, UK. For more information, visit http://www.solarflare.com.

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