Monday, March 2, 2009

Cavium Networks 10K

Customer concentration: "Cisco systems, Inc. accounted for 29% and F5 Networks, Inc. and Sumitomo Corporation each accounted for 11% of net revenue in 2008........an aggregate of approximately 57%, 56% and 56% of our net revenues from our top five customers for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively."

Wafer Foundry: ".......substantial percentage of our integrated circuit manufacturing to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, with the remaining manufacturing outsourced to United Microelectronics Corporation, or UMC and Fujitsu Microelectronics or Fujitsu."

Assembly & Test: "We outsource all product packaging and substantially all testing requirements for these products to several assembly and test subcontractors, including ASE Electronics in Taiwan and Singapore, as well as ISE in the United States."

Patent Foundation: "As of December 31, 2008, we had 15 issued and 29 pending patent applications in the United States, and two issued and 28 pending foreign patent applications."

Employees: "As of December 31, 2008, we had 347 regular employees located in the United States, India, Asia and Europe, which was comprised of: 18 employees in manufacturing operations, 238 in engineering, research and development, 91 in sales, marketing and administrative. "