Exablaze and Solarflare Resolve Patent Dispute

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Exablaze and Solarflare Resolve Patent Dispute
(1888 PressRelease) The ongoing patent dispute
between Exablaze Pty. Ltd and Solarflare
Communications Ltd. has been resolved. The
resolution is in the form of a commercial
agreement and both sides have withdrawn from
continued legal action or further patent
challenges. "Both parties can now get on and
compete in the marketplace, rather than in the
courts," says Exablaze Chairman, Dr Greg
Robinson. Sydney, Australia Exablaze and
Solarflare have entered into an agreement which
settles the recent patent dispute between the two
companies. Both parties have withdrawn from
continued legal action or further patent
challenges. In order to avoid the possibility of
future conflicts, Exablaze has been granted a
license to a portfolio of Solarflare patents.
Other terms of the settlement agreement are
confidential. "We are pleased to have reached
this resolution with Solarflare," said Dr Greg
Robinson, Chairman of Exablaze. "For the first
time in a little over a year, potential customers
of either company now have clarity, and both
parties can now get on and compete in the
marketplace, rather than in the courts," he
added. In the meantime, Exablaze has had a
productive year in the Network Interface Card
side of its business. "We have further refined
our ExaNIC X10 and X40 NICs, which remain the
world's lowest latency network cards, and we have
also introduced the ExaNIC GM, our PTP
Grandmaster, and the ExaNIC HPT, a 250 picosecond
resolution network capture device", said Robinson.
Exablaze also applies its knowledge of
ultra-low-latency networking to the switching
space. The company produces a 96ns Layer 2
switch, and, this year, released the FastMux, a
49ns multiplexer for 10Gbit/s Ethernet. "Having
both our NIC and switch products based on FPGA
technology provides us with a great deal of
flexibility and responsiveness when it comes to
rolling out new features and performance
improvements," said CTO Dr Matthew Chapman. "Our
customers benefit because they can stay on the
cutting edge without having to continually
upgrade hardware." Exablaze turns four years
old next week. "We took in our first outside
investment in the second half of last year, with
a view to further building on our existing
profitability and footprint," said Robinson.
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"Our rapid revenue growth reflects a growing and
supportive customer base. One of the joys of our
work is being able to interact with engaged
expert users and to have the agility to respond
meaningfully to their ideas. Many of the new
features or products on our roadmap have that
genesis and we look forward to rolling them
out." http//www.exablaze.com