Solarflare

Solarflare Communications was a pioneer in high-performance server connectivity and ultra-low latency Ethernet networking, providing a comprehensive stack from silicon to firmware to software for financial services, cloud, and enterprise data centers. The company developed network adapters and software-defined networking solutions optimized for electronic trading environments requiring sub-microsecond latency and precision hardware timestamping. Founded in 2001 in Irvine, California, the company grew to 201-500 employees before being acquired by Xilinx Inc. in July 2019. Xilinx was subsequently acquired by AMD in 2022, and the Solarflare product line continues under the AMD Solarflare brand.