SAN JOSE, CA, Sep. 9th, 2015 – Cavium, Inc., (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, wired and wireless networking today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Quantenna Communication to deliver the latest high-performance 10G Wave 3 Wi-Fi solutions for campus,  home and high-density environments. The newly announced Quantenna True 8×8™ QSR10G Wi-Fi platform paired with Cavium’s leading OCTEON® III CN71XX high performance, low power quad-core processors will address the capacity, reliability, thermal and security challenges in next generation Wi-Fi access points, routers and gateways.

Wi-Fi has now become a ubiquitous utility in home, work and public venues. Social media, online video and home entertainment are driving bandwidth-demanding applications such as real-time video sharing and 4K video streaming. The need for high capacity, flexible and scalable Wi-Fi is greater than ever. With up-to 12 streams and MU-MIMO support, the Quantenna 10G Wave 3 Wi-Fi platform is able to support more clients and more capacity. The 10G-capable CN7130 processor compliments the Quantenna 10G Wave 3 Wi-Fi by providing the ability to process and securely transport data for up to hundreds of users while providing  QoS and deep packet inspection (DPI) in a low cost, low power envelope. 

“We are excited to see Quantenna once again bring a revolutionary product to the market and take Wi-Fi performance to a new level. Cavium has been a close partner with Quantenna with our joint Wave2 11ac platform and we are pleased to continue our partnership in 10G Wave3,” said Steve Klinger, Senior Director, Infrastructure Processor Group, Cavium, Inc.  “We are working closely with Quantenna on turn-key reference designs to enable rapid adoption of this exciting new technology.”

“Cavium’s OCTEON III CN71XX solution, with very high-performance 10G throughput, robust security and CPU headroom for high-density MU-MIMO, is a great complement to our QSR10G Wi-Fi platform. We are pleased to have Cavium as our key partner for a range of new 10G Wave 3 Wi-Fi product designs,” said Lionel Bonnot, Sr. VP of Marketing and Business Development, Quantenna. “Together we provide an excellent solution that delivers speed, range, security and scalability to service provider hotspot and home Wi-Fi markets.”