Mellanox Technologies
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.
Headquarters in Yokneam Illit | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communication equipment |
| Founded | 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. |
| Products | Ethernet and InfiniBand switches host bus adapters |
| Revenue | US$1,330.6 Million (FY19) |
| 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. Other companies willing to acquire Mellanox were Intel, Xilinx and Microsoft. The deal closed on April 27, 2020, with approval from the EU, U.S. and Chinese antitrust authorities.
The company was integrated into Nvidia's networking division in 2020 and Nvidia stopped using the brand name "Mellanox" for its new networking products.