Solarflare Expands into Asia with Presence in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Leading 10 Gigabit Ethernet Company Provides Local Support for
Original Design and Equipment Manufacturers in Asia
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(Business Wire)--
Solarflare Communications, the leading provider of
standards-compliant 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) silicon, today
announced that it has opened locations in Hong Kong and Taiwan to
provide local customer support for original design manufacturers
(ODMs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in Asia.

In Taiwan, senior field application engineer Leo Huang will be
responsible for customer design-in and technology support in the Asia
Pacific region. Prior to joining Solarflare, Huang worked for key
domestic and overseas network equipment vendors such as DLink and
Marvell. He has a bachelor's degree from National Chao Tung
University.

Daniel Tse, director of sales Asia Pacific, is located in Hong
Kong and responsible for all Solarflare business in the Asia Pacific
region. Tse has worked in technology for more than 25 years and held
various management positions in the Asia Pacific region for a number
of multinational computer and network equipment companies. His
experience includes building Fore Systems' and Extreme Networks' Asia
business from the ground up. Tse has a bachelor's degree from the
University of Kansas and a master's and doctorate degree from Ohio
State University.

"As Solarflare ramps for volume production of our latest 10GBASE-T
PHY and 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller products, we realize the
importance of having a presence in Asia to support our local
customers," said Russell Stern, chief executive officer at Solarflare.
"Together, Tse and Huang bring the talent and experience required to
help bring to market robust, efficient, standards-compliant 10GbE
switch, server and storage networking solutions."

About Solarflare(R) 10 Gigabit Products

Solarflare designs and develops the highest-performing,
lowest-power, standards-compliant 10GbE controllers and 10GBASE-T
transceivers on the market. Optimized for all key virtualization
platforms including Citrix XenEnterprise, Microsoft's Hyper-V and
VMware's ESX server, Solarflare's Solarstorm(R) Ethernet controller
consumes less than 2.2 watts at full line-rate performance delivering
the optimal balance in performance and power efficiency. Solarflare's
10Xpress(R) 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.
When combined on a server adapter, Solarflare's 10Xpress 10GBASE-T PHY
and Solarstorm 10GbE controller deliver 10 times the performance of a
1 Gigabit NIC at half the power consumption of previous 10GbE server
adapters. For additional product information and pricing, send a
request to 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-compliant 10GbE silicon, Solarflare's
robust and power-efficient solutions are cost effective and easy to
deploy. Now real and ready for primetime, Solarflare 10GbE 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. Solarflare
has announced relationships with Accton, Citrix, Delta, Ixia, Panduit,
SMC and VMware. 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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LEWIS PR for Solarflare
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Solarflare Communications
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