Intel’s recently announced plans to acquire Fulcrum Microsystems, a privately held fabless Ethernet semiconductor company, may seem counterintuitive to some. Founded in 1999, Fulcrum develops integrated, standards-based 10- and 40-GbE switch silicon designed to deliver low latency and workload-balancing capabilities, along with superior network speeds. What does any of this have to do with Intel — a vendor that most associate with PCs and servers?
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Fulcrum Microsystems - Levering Up Intel's Cloud Ambitions
Posted by: Charles King July 26, 2011 05:00 AMIntel’s recently announced plans to acquire Fulcrum Microsystems, a privately held fabless Ethernet semiconductor company, may seem counterintuitive to some. Founded in 1999, Fulcrum develops integrated, standards-based 10- and 40-GbE switch silicon designed to deliver low latency and workload-balancing capabilities, along with superior network speeds. What does any of this have to do with Intel — a vendor that most associate with PCs and servers?