Navarro Networks

Navarro Networks, Inc., was a developer of Ethernet-based ASIC components based in Plano, Texas, in the United States. They produced a network processor for Ethernet and other applications.^[1]

Navarro Networks, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Computer networking
Founded	March 2000; 25 years ago (2000-03) in Plano, Texas, United States
Founder	Mark Bluhm
Defunct	May 2002; 23 years ago (2002-05)
Fate	Acquired by Cisco Systems
Number of employees	25
Website	navarronetworks.com at the Wayback Machine (archived January 24, 2001)

Navarro Networks was founded in 2000. Their CEO was Mark Bluhm, who was formerly a vice president at Cyrix. A group of nine employees left the Cyrix division of Via on March 21, 2000 to staff the company.^[2] The employee walkout had occurred just a day after Via announced that they would be spinning off the Cyrix division as a separate company.^[3]

Cisco Systems announced their intent to acquire Navarro Networks in May 1, 2002; on the same day, Cisco also announced their bid to acquire Hammerhead Networks.^[4] The acquisition was completed in June that year, with Cisco dealing Navarro a stock swap worth $85 million. Most of the 25 employees of Navarro joined the Internet Systems Business Unit to enhance Cisco's internal ASIC capability in Ethernet switching platforms.^[5][6]