Barefoot Networks
American computer networking company
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Barefoot Networks is a computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California.[1] The company designs and produces programmable network switch silicon, systems and software. The company was acquired by Intel in 2019.[2]
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| Company type | Division |
|---|---|
| Industry | Networking software, cloud networking |
| Founded | May 2013 |
| Founders | Nick McKeown, Pat Bosshart |
| Defunct | 2019 |
| Fate | Acquired by Intel in 2019 |
| Headquarters | , USA |
| Products | Programmable networking chips, systems and software |
| Parent | Intel |
| Website | barefootnetworks |
Background
Barefoot Networks was founded in 2013. The company is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. The company's co-founders are Nick McKeown, Martin Izzard, Pat Bosshart, and Stefanos Sidiropoulos. Dan Lenoski joined in 2014 and was also given co-founder status. The company came out of stealth mode on June 14, 2016.[3][4] The company also announced a third round led by Goldman Sachs, AT&T, Dell, and Google.[5] Later in 2016, the company announced additional funding from Alibaba Group and Tencent.[6] In 2017, Craig H. Barratt took over from Martin Izzard as CEO until May 2020.[7][8]
In June 2019, Intel announced it was acquiring Barefoot for an undisclosed price.[2][9]
In January 2023, Intel stated that it has halted production on its networking chips.[10]
Products
Barefoot Tofino
Barefoot Tofino is a P4-programmable switch chip that can run up to speeds of 12.8 Tbit/s.[11]
Programmability
P4 is a programming language designed to allow programming of packet forwarding dataplanes.[12]
Barefoot Deep Insight
Barefoot Deep Insight is a network monitoring system that provides full visibility into every packet in a network. Running on commodity servers, Barefoot Deep Insight interprets, analyzes and pinpoints a myriad of conditions that can impede packet flow, and does so in real time and at line-rate.[12]