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American fabless semiconductor company
Cavium, Inc. was a fabless semiconductor company based in San Jose, California, specializing in ARM-based and MIPS-based network, video and security processors and SoCs. The company was co-founded in 2000 by Syed B. Ali and M. Raghib Hussain, who were introduced to each other by a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Cavium offers processor- and board-level products targeting routers, switches, appliances, storage and servers.3 Its shares trade on NASDAQ under the symbol CAVM.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cavium, Inc. was a fabless semiconductor company based in San Jose, California, specializing in ARM-based and MIPS-based network, video and security processors and SoCs. The company was co-founded in 2000 by Syed B. Ali and M. Raghib Hussain, who were introduced to each other by a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Cavium offers processor- and board-level products targeting routers, switches, appliances, storage and servers.3
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What Cavium reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property and equipment, before depreciation | $360.2M8 Dec 31, 2017 | $244.0M8 Dec 31, 2016 | +47.6% |
| Accumulated depreciation | $167.6M8 Dec 31, 2017 | $93.1M8 Dec 31, 2016 | +80.0% |
| Property and equipment, net | $192.5M8 Dec 31, 2017 | $150.9M8 Dec 31, 2016 | +27.6% |
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | $140.5M8 Dec 31, 2017 | $221.4M8 Dec 31, 2016 | −36.6% |
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwill | $237.7M8 Dec 31, 2017 | $241.1M8 Dec 31, 2016 | −1.4% |
| Intangible assets, net (excluding goodwill) | $664.8M8 Dec 31, 2017 | $764.9M8 Dec 31, 2016 | −13.1% |
| Finite-lived intangibles, gross | $866.6M8 Dec 31, 2017 | $819.7M8 Dec 31, 2016 | +5.7% |
| Accumulated amortization | $262.1M8 Dec 31, 2017 | $133.7M8 Dec 31, 2016 | +96.1% |
| Finite-lived intangibles, net | $604.5M8 Dec 31, 2017 | $686.0M8 Dec 31, 2016 | −11.9% |
On June 17, 2011, Cavium Networks, Inc. changed its name to Cavium, Inc.
In November 2017, Cavium's board of directors agreed to the company's purchase by Marvell Technology Group for $6 billion in cash and stock. The merger was finalized on July 6, 2018.
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Who has led Cavium, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
Cavium began selling security processors in late 2001 with the Nitrox line. The processor had support for features like IPsec, SSL, intrusion-detection services as well as VPNs. In 2004 the company launched the Octeon processor, which was using a 64-bit MIPS instruction set. At launch Cavium offered Octeon processors with two, four eight or sixteen cores. In 2012, the company announced a 1-48 core MIPS-processor from the Octeon-line. In 2014, the company announced the ThunderX, a 48 core server SoC based on the ARMv8 architecture. Cavium also offered ethernet switches that were produced in cooperation with Xpliant since 2014.
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How Cavium is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.
10-K (11), S-8 (11), S-8 POS (11), DEF 14A (10), DEFA14A (10), 8-K/A (9), CORRESP (8), S-1/A (8), EFFECT (7), REGDEX (7), SD (5), 4/A (4), ARS (4), POS AM (3), SC TO-T/A (3), 144 (2), 3/A (2), 5 (2), CT ORDER (2), D (2), FWP (2), REGDEX/A (2), S-3 (2), SC TO-C (2), 15-12B (1), 25-NSE (1), 424B3 (1), 424B4 (1), 424B7 (1), 8-A12B (1), CERTNAS (1), DEFM14A (1), S-1 (1), S-1MEF (1), S-4 (1), S-4/A (1), SC TO-T (1)
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