Fulcrum Microsystems delivers performance-leading Ethernet switch chips for next-generation board and system designs. The company’s devices change the paradigm for interconnect, offering industry-lowest latency, fine-grained flow control and high throughput which combine to simplify board design and to build in more flexibility and higher performance. With layer L3/L4 functionality built into the latest generation of its FocalPoint switch and easy management through its modular ControlPoint software suite, Fulcrum is poised to push out incumbent proprietary technologies and make Ethernet the standard fabric for high performance datacenter and telecom backplane applications.