Netronome to Present at 6th International Virtualization Conference & Expo

Chief Scientist Derek McAuley to discuss network virtualization with SR-IOV
PITTSBURGH--(Business Wire)--
Netronome Systems, a leading developer of highly programmable semiconductor
products that provide intelligent and secure flow processing for network and
communications equipment, today announced that Derek McAuley, the company`s
chief scientist, will present at SYS-CON`s 6th International Virtualization
Conference & Expo Europe taking place May 18-19, 2009 at the Hilton Prague Hotel
in the Czech Republic. The theme of this year`s conference is "Deploying
Virtualization in the Enterprise" and will feature technical sessions focused on
how virtualization is fundamentally altering the way that businesses run their
IT operations.

McAuley will present on Tuesday, May 19, from 2:20 - 3:05 p.m., and will focus
on new methods to achieve improvements with flexible, self-virtualizing PCI
Express (PCIe) devices while also reducing costs. Moving device virtualization
from the virtual machine (VM) to the system devices significantly improves VM
performance. Currently, PCI and PCIe devices can provide VMs with direct and
secure I/O through the use of multiple functions per card, but at extra cost and
with limited flexibility due to their silicon implementation. McAuley`s
presentation will provide alternative solutions that achieve the same results
without the silicon dependency at half the cost.

McAuley is an industry expert with over 20 years of R&D experience in computing,
networking and communications systems. His extensive work and research includes
virtualization, hardware design, computer architecture, communications,
distributed systems, networking, operating systems and information theory. In
addition, McAuley was a founding member of the Microsoft Research Laboratory in
Cambridge, and a founding Director of the Intel Lab in Cambridge. He currently
is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and affiliated lecturer at the
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.

"It is becoming increasingly important for organizations to learn new, easy, and
cost-efficient ways for moving device virtualization from the VMs to the system
devices," said McAuley. "My presentation will explore new ways for organizations
to reduce costs while using self-virtualizing PCIe devices."

About Netronome Network Flow Processors

During a time when companies are avoiding costly, lengthy, and risky custom ASIC
developments, they have further embraced merchant silicon providers of highly
programmable network processors. For designers of communications equipment whose
network processing requirements extend beyond simple forwarding, Netronome`s
Network Flow Processors deliver high-performance packet processing with
intelligence, security and virtualization. They are powered by 40 programmable
networking cores that deliver over 1800 instructions and 50 flow operations per
packet at 30 million packets per second, enabling 20Gbps of L2-L7 processing
with line-rate security and I/O virtualization for millions of simultaneous
flows. In addition, Netronome`s Network Flow Processor technology is
backward-compatible with the market-leading Intel IXP28XX processor, protecting
customers` immense investment in field-proven and network-hardened software.

About Netronome Systems

Netronome is a leading developer of highly programmable semiconductor products
that are used for intelligent flow processing in network and communications
devices. Netronome`s solutions include network flow processors and acceleration
cards that scale to more than 20Gbps. They are used in carrier-grade and
enterprise-class communications products that require deep packet inspection,
flow analysis, content processing, virtualization and security. Netronome is
headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, with core operations in San Jose, CA and
Boxborough, MA, and international locations in the United Kingdom, China and
South Africa. To learn more about Netronome and its products, please visit
www.netronome.com.

Media Inquiries:
Heather Fitzsimmons
Mindshare PR
On behalf of Netronome Systems
Phone: 650.947.7400
Email: heather@mindsharepr.com
or
Jennifer Mendola
Marketing Manager
Netronome Systems
Phone: 724.778.3290
Email: jennifer.mendola@netronome.com

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