'''Cortina Systems''', Inc. was a supplier of integrated circuits (ICs) for broadband communications founded by Iranian-American entrepreneur Amir Nayyerhabibi in 2001. It is based in California.
Cortina Systems was bought by Inphi Corporation in 2014, which in turn got acquired by Marvell in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inphi Completes Acquisition of Cortina Systems|url=https://www.inphi.com/media-center/press-releases/inphi-completes-acquisition-of-cortina-systems/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=Inphi|language=en-US}}</ref>
== History == Cortina Systems was founded by Amir Nayyerhabibi (who served as president and CEO) in 2001 in the Menlo Park, California library, located in Silicon Valley. It has development centers in USA, Canada, China, Taiwan, Israel.
Cortina’s product line spans computer and telecommunication networking: the company has products for core, enterprise, metropolitan high-speed networks, as well as products for the digital home networks. Products include:
* Ethernet: 1-, 2-, and 4-port 10 Gbit/s Ethernet MACs; 4-, 10-, 12-, and 24-port 1 Gbit/s Ethernet MACs * Transport: 2.5 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s FEC/OTN Framers; 100 Gbit/s FEC/OTN/Ethernet Framer; 2.5G and 10 Gbit/s VCAT framer * Framer: SONET/SDH POS, ATM, and GFP framer for OC-3 to OC-192 with integrated SerDes; RPR framer, RPR bridge * Access: 4-port EPON OLT, EPON ONU * PHY: 10 Mbit/s transceiver; 1-, 2-, 4-, and 8-port Fast Ethernet transceivers: 6- and 8-port Fast Ethernet repeaters * T1/E1: 1-, 4-, and 8-port T1/E1/J1 transceivers and repeaters; OC3 transceiver * Digital Home Processor: Multi-core, Storage, Security
In 2006 it announced the Interlaken protocol with Cisco Systems.<ref>{{cite news |title= Cisco Systems, Cortina Systems Announce Interlaken Protocol |work= News release |date= April 24, 2006 |publisher= Cisco Systems Inc. |url= http://electronics.ihs.com/news/2006/cisco-cortina-interlaken.htm |accessdate= June 16, 2011 }}</ref>
== Manufacturing ==
Cortina was a fabless semiconductor company. It outsourced all semiconductor manufacturing to merchant foundries. The company was based in Sunnyvale, California. It also had other research and development sites in Hsinchu (Taiwan), Ottawa (Canada), Raleigh (USA) and Shanghai (China).
== Acquisitions == Cortina acquired several companies. In October 2014 Cortina was acquired by Inphi Corporation, with the exception of Cortina’s Access and Digital Home business.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFVW00120141006eaa6mit83|title=Inphi Completes $131M Acquisition of Semiconductor Company Cortina Systems|date=2014-10-06|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-05-27|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date ! Acquired Company ! Expertise |- | 2004 | Azanda Network Devices | Traffic management and ATM Segmentation and Reassembly products<ref>{{cite news |title= Cortina Acquires Azanda Network Devices |url= http://www.convergedigest.com/Startups/startuparticle.asp?ID=13642 |work= Converge! Network digest |date= February 2, 2005 |accessdate= June 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Cortina Acquires Azanda Network Devices |url= http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=67186 |work= Light Reading |date= February 2, 2005 |accessdate= June 16, 2011}}</ref> |- | 2006 | Intel Optical Networking – Component Division | Ethernet Framers, Ethernet PHYs, Optical Transport FEC framers, Ethernet over SONET service framers, and T1/E1 Line Interface Units<ref>{{cite news |title= Cortina Systems Purchases Intel's Optical-Networking Components Business |url= http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2006/20060911corp.htm |work= News release |publisher= Intel |date= September 11, 2006 |accessdate= June 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Top 10 Private Companies: Cortina Systems Inc. No. 2 |url= http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=131671 |work= Light Reading |date= August 15, 2007 |accessdate= June 16, 2011}}</ref> |- | 2007 | Immenstar | Passive optical networking system-on-chip technology<ref>{{cite news |title= Cortina Systems enters access arena with Immenstar acquisition |author= Meghan Fuller |url= http://www.lightwaveonline.com/general/cortina-systems-enters-access-arena-with-immenstar-acquisition-53436097.html |work= Lightwave online blog |date=February 26, 2007 |accessdate= June 16, 2011}}</ref> |- | 2008 | Storm Semiconductor | Network processors for the home<ref>{{cite news |title= Cortina Systems buys Storm Semiconductor |author= Dean Takahashi |url= https://venturebeat.com/2008/06/18/cortina-systems-buys-storm-semiconductor/ |work= Venture Beat blog |date=June 18, 2008 |accessdate= June 16, 2011}}</ref> |}
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==External links== * [http://www.cortina-systems.com/ Cortina web site] * [http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/us_tmt_sv%20winners%20list_110308.pdf 2008 Silicon Valley Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards]
Category:Semiconductor companies of the United States Category:Networking companies of the United States Category:Electronics companies established in 2001 Category:American companies established in 2001 Category:Fabless semiconductor companies Category:Companies based in Sunnyvale, California Category:2014 mergers and acquisitions Category:Defunct computer companies of the United States Category:Defunct computer hardware companies Category:Defunct networking companies Category:Networking hardware companies