Mellanox sold more than 2.1 million Ethernet cards in the first three quarters of 2018

Mellanox increases its market share in high-performance NICs to 69%

The market is experiencing a rapid transition from 10G to 25G

The rapid growth of data requires faster networks and even faster Mellanox acceleration engines

SUNNYVALE, CA and YOKNEAM, ISRAEL – October 25, 2018 – Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today announced that Mellanox shipped more than 2.1 million Ethernet cards in the first nine months of 2018. This is a significant milestone, marking the expansion of its high-performance Ethernet technology (25G and beyond) beyond the top seven cloud and networking giants to enterprise data centers around the world, including the next wave of cloud computing, telecom/service providers, financial services and more.

Crehan Research's latest report shows that Mellanox, as a leading supplier of high-performance Ethernet cards at 25, 50 and 100Gb/s with a 69% market share, is benefiting from this transition and seizing market share. The unique hardware acceleration capabilities and extensive software support of the Mellanox ConnectX series of Ethernet cards are the basis of their market leadership. Because of its outstanding hardware acceleration engine, ConnectX has been used as a co-processor of the infrastructure, which can offload operations such as data transmission, storage, security control and network processing from the server CPU to the network. This will free up valuable computing resources to run mission-critical workloads such as big data analysis, artificial intelligence, enterprise applications, software-defined networks, etc. As a result, customers can achieve higher data center efficiency, enabling them to do more work with less cost. In addition to improving efficiency, it also provides the broadest and largest support for all major software platforms such as Linux, Microsoft and VMware. Mellanox's unique combination of hardware and software technology makes it a leader in the market.

“We are at the beginning of the multi-year transition to faster Ethernet, which is driving increasing demand for our solutions,” said Eyal Waldman, president and CEO of Mellanox Technologies. “We have gained market share through sales to multiple large users, hyperscalers, enterprise data centers, OEMs, telecom providers and governments. We believe this transition is happening because of data growth, which will translate into more significant business growth in 2019 and beyond. Mellanox is the clear market leader and industry standard for NICs running at 25 Gb/s and above. Our programmable BlueField family of SmartNICs and storage cards further improves the efficiency and security of cloud and enterprise workloads. We have already won multiple BlueField design wins with OEM and ODM customers, which will further drive our growth.”

“The adoption of 25GbE NICs is accelerating, with Mellanox now the market leader,” said Seamus Crehan, president of Crehan Research. “Key drivers for this acceleration include the deployment of flash-based storage media, the emergence of machine intelligence and machine learning, and the need for network offload and real-time analytics. Mellanox’s 25GbE NICs are a key enabler of data center transformation to meet demanding application requirements for increased performance and efficiency.”

Mellanox offers a complete end-to-end high-performance Ethernet network product line - ConnectX adapters, BlueField SmartNIC and storage controllers, Spectrum switches, and LinkX cables and transceivers to meet customers' various needs with the best price-performance ratio. These solutions cover from 10 to 100 Gb/s and have been adopted by many customers around the world to improve the efficiency of their data center workloads and monetize their business data through actionable analytics.

Mellanox ConnectX series network cards support all CPU architectures and are pre-installed in all leading server OEM and ODM products, or available through global Mellanox Partner First channel partners.

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