Cavium Networks Powers Highly Effective Security Gateways From NETGEAR

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, May 30 (MARKET WIRE) --
Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor
products that enable intelligent processing for networking,
communications and the digital home, today announced that NETGEAR(R), the
cost-effective, standards-based unified networking solutions provider for
small business and medium enterprise IT environments, has adopted the
Cavium ECONA(TM) chip in their award-winning firewall solutions. Cavium
delivers the performance and cost-effective components that power
NETGEAR's reliable, affordable and simple security platforms.

Cavium's ECONA System-On-Chips (SOCs) provide best-in-class performance
per dollar and performance per watt. With best-of-breed technologies like
full offload for protocol processing for IPSec, SSL and DTLS as well as
bulk encryption, the ECONA CNS3XXX SoC provides wire-speed crypto
performance under 2 watts.

Customers choose both NETGEAR firewall and Unified Threat Management
solutions to improve business productivity, mitigate web based attacks,
and restore lost bandwidth without the high cost of traditional
enterprise solutions. Recent third party testing showed that NETGEAR
security solutions delivered market leading threat-management
capabilities, and Gartner recently placed NETGEAR in the "challenger"
section of the Magic Quadrant report on Universal Threat Management
Appliances.

"With a complete portfolio of security, storage and routing products
targeted for the small business and mid-enterprise market, NETGEAR is one
of the most recognized brands worldwide for this market," said Linley
Gwennap, principal analyst at The Linley Group. "Cavium Networks' broad
portfolio of high-performance and scalable embedded processors is well
suited to satisfying NETGEAR's needs. In particular, Cavium's ARM-based
ECONA processor family enables OEMs to differentiate their products by
offering ample processing headroom for value-added services without
compromising wire-speed performance."

"NETGEAR's success partially depends on best-of-breed products from our
processor suppliers, with a very stringent criteria for performance,
product-readiness and cost," said Peter Newton, Director of Product
Management in the Commercial Business Unit at NETGEAR. "Cavium's
multi-core ECONA platforms met this criteria and delivered performance,
features and power savings that enabled us to deploy our newest
generation of small business focused firewalls."

"As a well recognized brand in the midmarket for their innovative
products, NETGEAR has a strong track record for successful products,"
said Sridhar Gollapudi, Sr. Director of Marketing, Connected Home and
Office Group at Cavium Networks. "Cavium is excited to be a part of
NETGEAR's small business and midmarket product strategy. With constant
product innovation we look forward to working with NETGEAR to deploy
successful products for many generations."

About NETGEAR
NETGEAR (NASDAQ: NTGR) is a global networking company that
delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service
providers. For consumers, the company makes high performance, dependable
and easy to use home networking, storage and digital media products to
connect people with the Internet and their content and devices. For
businesses, NETGEAR provides networking, storage and security solutions
without the cost and complexity of Big IT. The company also supplies top
service providers with retail proven, whole home solutions for their
customers. NETGEAR products are built on a variety of proven technologies
such as wireless, Ethernet and powerline, with a focus on reliability and
ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in approximately 28,000 retail
locations around the globe, and through more than 37,000 value-added
resellers. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with
additional offices in 25 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR(R) partner.
More information is available at http://www.NETGEAR.com or by calling
(408) 907-8000. Connect with NETGEAR at http://twitter.com/NETGEAR and
http://www.facebook.com/NETGEAR.

About Cavium Networks
Cavium Networks is a leading provider of highly
integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for
networking, communications and the digital home. Cavium Networks offers a
broad portfolio of integrated, software-compatible processors ranging in
performance from 10 Mbps to 40 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent
functionality in enterprise, data-center, broadband/consumer and access
and service provider equipment. Cavium Networks processors are supported
by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tool support,
reference designs and other services. Cavium Network's principal offices
are in Mountain View, CA with design team locations in California,
Massachusetts, India China and Taiwan. For more information, please
visit: http://www.caviumnetworks.com.

Note on Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain
forward-looking statements regarding future events that involve risks and
uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking
statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual
future events or results. These forward-looking statements involve risks
and uncertainties, as well as assumptions and current expectations. Our
actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from
those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these
risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The risks and uncertainties that
could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to
the rate at which our new products are adopted; technological advances;
pricing pressures; general economic conditions; manufacturing
difficulties, development of new products and technologies; whether
Cavium is successful in marketing its products; and other risks and
uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information
about these and other risks that may impact Cavium's business are set
forth in the "Risk Factors" section of our Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2011. All
forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information
available to us as of the date hereof and qualified in their entirety by
this cautionary statement, and we assume no obligation to revise or
update these forward-looking statements.

Cavium Networks Contact
Angel Atondo
Marketing Communications Manager
Tel: (650) 623-7033
Email: angel.atondo@caviumnetworks.com

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