Marvell Software Solutions Israel, known as RADLAN Computer Communications Limited before 2007, is a wholly owned subsidiary of

Marvell Technology Group Marvell Technology, Inc. is an American company, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, which develops and produces semiconductors and related technology. Founded in 1995, the company had more than 6,000 employees as of 2021, with over 10,00 ...

, that specializes in

local area network A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building. By contrast, a wide area network (WAN) not only covers a larger ...

(LAN) technologies.

History

The company was founded in 1998 as a spin-off from RND, which was founded by brothers Yehuda and

Zohar Zisapel Zohar Zisapel (born February 15, 1949; he, זהר זיסאפל), is an Israelis, Israeli entrepreneur. He co-founded the Rad Group, RAD Group of companies with his brother, Yehuda. Life Early life Zisapel was born in Tel Aviv, one of three child ...

. RND was also the product of a spin-off, from the Zisapel brothers' RAD Group. Eventually, RND was split into two companies -

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and RADLAN. In February 2003, the

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(IC) designer

closed the deal to acquire RADLAN Computer Communications for $49.7 million in cash and shares. California-based Marvell said it would incorporate its mixed-signal ICs with RADLAN's networking infrastructure drivers, interfaces and software modules to make improved networking communications products like routers. Currently, Marvell's product lineup includes read channels (which convert analog data from a magnetic disk into digital data for computing), preamplifiers, and

Ethernet Ethernet () is a family of wired computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN). It was commercially introduced in 1980 and first standardized in 198 ...

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controllers and transceivers. In May 2007 Radlan was officially renamed Marvell Software Solutions Israel (MSSI), to complete the integration into Marvell. The company is located in the

Petah Tikva Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of ...

technology park, Ezorim. Yuval Cohen replaced Jacob Zankel as chief executive in late 2006.

Technology

RADLAN's core technology, Open and Portable Embedded Networking System (OpENS), provided IP-routed core software coupled with customizable management application, development environment and testing tools. RADLAN's product lines are divided into three areas of development: Intelligent Intranet Switching; Intranet Accelerator Engines; Intelligent Network Services.

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External links

Marvell's Official Web-Site
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History

Technology

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