<s>
Netronome	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
fabless	B-Algorithm
semiconductor	I-Algorithm
company	I-Algorithm
specializing	O
in	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
network	O
flow	O
processors	O
used	O
for	O
intelligent	O
flow	O
processing	O
in	O
network	O
and	O
communications	O
devices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
switches	O
,	O
routers	O
and	O
cyber	O
security	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netronome	B-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2003	O
by	O
Niel	O
Viljoen	O
,	O
David	O
Wells	O
and	O
Johann	O
Tönsing	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
all	O
previously	O
worked	O
for	O
Marconi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Viljoen	O
served	O
as	O
the	O
CEO	O
and	O
president	O
of	O
Netronome	B-General_Concept
from	O
2003	O
until	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2007	O
,	O
Netronome	B-General_Concept
announced	O
a	O
technology	O
licensing	O
and	O
sales	O
and	O
marketing	O
agreement	O
with	O
Intel	O
Corporation	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
Intel	O
IXP28XX	O
product	O
line	O
of	O
network	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
agreement	O
,	O
Netronome	B-General_Concept
is	O
developing	O
a	O
next-generation	O
line	O
of	O
IXP-compatible	O
,	O
high-end	O
network	O
processors	O
that	O
combine	O
the	O
Intel	O
IXP28XX	O
technology	O
with	O
Netronome	B-General_Concept
's	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
Netronome	B-General_Concept
announced	O
it	O
began	O
shipping	O
the	O
Network	O
Flow	O
Processor	O
(	O
NFP	O
–	O
3240	O
)	O
,	O
specifically	O
designed	O
for	O
tight	O
coupling	O
with	O
x86	B-Operating_System
architectures	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Netronome	B-General_Concept
announced	O
its	O
Agilio	O
family	O
of	O
server-based	O
networking	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
