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Barefoot Networks Stock
Ethernet network switch chips developer
About Barefoot Networks Stock
Founded
2013
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA, US
Total Funding
157M
Industries
Software, Artificial Intelligence, Data and Analytics
Barefoot Networks is a developer of Ethernet network switch chips. The Company launched in 2016 after two years of developing technology that built switch silicon with a forwarding plane that is defined in software. The new chip sits inside networking switches, which are hardware devices that play a fundamental role in directing traffic across the Internet. Switches shuttle data between the thousands of computers operated by everyone from app makers like Google and Facebook to wireless providers like AT&T. The Barefoot chip changes these devices in a significant way by permitting anyone to program the chips. In other words, programmers can write software that changes what the Barefoot chip does, much like any programmer can write an app that changes what an iPhone or other device does. Through this technology, Barefoot aims to empower network owners and their infrastructure partners to design, optimize, and innovate to meet their specific requirements and gain competitive advantages. Moreover, in combining the P4 programming language with fast programmable switches, Barefoot claims to have also created an ecosystem for compilers, tools, and P4 programs to make P4 more accessible.
Barefoot Networks is headquartered in Silicon Valley and is backed by Google Inc., Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments, Alibaba, Tencent, and by venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Andreessen Horowitz.
Source: Crunchbase; Barefoot Networks
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Moving deeper into enterprise cloud, Intel picks up Barefoot Networks
TechCrunch • Jun 10, 2019
Barefoot Networks Innovates at the Nexus of 5G and Telemetry
sdxcentral • Mar 27, 2019
Barefoot Networks Unveils Tofino™ 2, the Next Generation of the World's First Fully P4-Programmable Network Switch ...
GlobeNewswire (press release) • Dec 04, 2018
Barefoot Networks to Present at Open Networking Korea
GlobeNewswire (press release) • Oct 25, 2018
Barefoot Networks Announces P4 Studio™ - Next-Generation Software Development Environment
GlobeNewswire (press release) • Sep 25, 2018
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Barefoot Networks Management
Leadership team at Barefoot Networks
CEO
Craig Barratt
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
Nick McKeown
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