Irvine, CA – (February 11, 2008) – Solarflare Communications, the leader in standards-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) silicon, today announced "Up and Down the Network Stack", a blog authored by Steve Pope, PhD and George Zimmerman, PhD, Solarflare's chief technology officers. This new resource is located at 10gigabitethernet.typepad.com and covers topics including enterprise technology issues, data center trends in iSCSI and virtualization, power and energy efficiency and network performance.

Pope is the CTO for controllers at Solarflare. He co-founded Level 5 Networks that merged with Solarflare in 2006. Prior to Level 5, he was a post-doctorate researcher in the field of high-speed networks and operating systems at Olivetti Research Labs, which later became AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. He holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Cambridge.

Zimmerman is a co-founder and the CTO for physical layer technologies. He is an acknowledged expert in wireline communications and has been a defining force in the development of 10GBASE-T-leading the initial formation of the IEEE 10GBASE-T Study Group and contributing significantly throughout the 802.3an standards process. Prior to Solarflare, Zimmerman pioneered DSL technologies as chief scientist and vice president of strategic planning at PairGain Technologies. He holds a PhD in electrical engineering from Caltech.

The establishment of this blog allows Solarflare CTOs Pope and Zimmerman to share information and opinions with peers based on their extensive industry knowledge and experience, as well as foster community with a broader audience. To comment, link, TrackBack or subscribe via RSS visit 10gigabitethernet.typepad.com/network_stack/ .

About Solarflare 10GbE Products
Solarflare is the first to deliver both 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller and 10GBASE-T PHY technology. The Solarstorm™ 10GbE controller delivers the optimal balance in 10Gbps performance, power and price. 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. The combination of Solarstorm controller and 10Xpress PHY enables NIC and server OEMs to bring 10G server adapters to market at about the same cost as quad 1G server adapters-driving the widespread implementation of 10 Gigabit Ethernet in data centers and enterprise networks. Solarflare silicon solutions are currently sampling to switch, NIC and server OEM customers. Pricing and additional information is available upon request: 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-based 10GbE silicon, Solarflare delivers robust and power-efficient solutions that are cost effective and easy to deploy. Now real and ready for primetime, Solarflare 10 Gigabit Ethernet 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. The privately held company is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. with a development center in Cambridge, UK.

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