Mellanox Technologies
Israeli-American multinational supplier of computer networking products / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (Hebrew: מלאנוקס טכנולוגיות בע"מ) was an Israeli-American multinational supplier of computer networking products based on InfiniBand and Ethernet technology. Mellanox offered adapters, switches, software, cables and silicon for markets including high-performance computing, data centers, cloud computing, computer data storage and financial services.[3]
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Communication equipment |
Founded | 1999; 25 years ago (1999) in Yokneam Illit, Israel |
Founders | Eyal Waldman, Shai Cohen, Roni Ashuri, Michael Kagan, Evelyn Landman, Shimon Rottenberg, Eitan Zahavi, Udi Katz, Alon Webman |
Defunct | 2020 |
Fate | Acquired by Nvidia |
Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California, U.S.[1] |
Products | Ethernet and InfiniBand switches host bus adapters |
Revenue | US$1,330.6 Million (FY19)[2] |
US$207.9 Million (FY19) | |
US$205.1 Million (FY19) | |
Number of employees | 2800 (March 2020) |
Parent | Nvidia |
Website | www |
On March 11, 2019, Nvidia announced its intent to acquire the company for $6.9 billion.[4][5] Other companies willing to acquire Mellanox were Intel, Xilinx and Microsoft.[6] The deal closed on April 27, 2020, with approval from the EU, U.S. and Chinese antitrust authorities.[7]
The company was integrated into Nvidia's networking division in 2020 and Nvidia stopped using the brand name "Mellanox" for its new networking products.