Internate Machine Corporation

About Internate Machine Corporation

Internet Machines Corporation operates as a private, fabless semiconductor company, established in the year 2000. The firm specializes in providing highly integrated communications integrated circuits (ICs) designed for network processing and switching. These components are crucial for high-speed optical networks, metropolitan area networks, and the broader internet infrastructure equipment.

The company was co-founded by Chris Hoogenboom and Frank P. Knuettel, II. Mr. Hoogenboom, serving as founder, chairman, president, and CEO, brought extensive engineering experience from his time at Xylan Corporation, where he was instrumental in developing next-generation Ethernet and ATM switching products and contributed to the company's significant revenue growth. His background also includes work as a design engineer at General Instrument Corporation, focusing on digital video consumer products. Mr. Knuettel, the other founder, assumed the roles of chief financial officer and vice president of operations. His prior experience includes serving as CFO and COO for Viking Systems, Inc., an enterprise software company, and as VP of operations and CFO for Fightertown Entertainment, where he was involved in strategic planning and financial management.

Internet Machines' product portfolio consists of wire-speed, fully programmable network processors, switch fabric components, and associated networking software. This suite of products is engineered to offer a flexible, interoperable, and field-upgradeable solution for system vendors. Clients can utilize the ICs either as a complete, synergistic system or as individual components to meet specific needs, with a primary benefit being the acceleration of their own products' time-to-market.