Cavium

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Cavium was a fabless semiconductor company based in San Jose, California,^[2] specializing in ARM-based and MIPS-based network, video and security processors and SoCs.^[3] The company was co-founded in 2000^[4][5][6] by Syed B. Ali and M. Raghib Hussain,^[7] who were introduced to each other by a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Cavium offers processor- and board-level products targeting routers, switches, appliances, storage and servers.

The company went public in May 2007 with about 175 employees.^[5] As of 2011, following numerous acquisitions, it had about 850 employees worldwide, of whom about 250 were located at company headquarters in San Jose.

Cavium was acquired by Marvell Technology Group on July 6, 2018.^[8]