Napatech
company
NetworkingFPGA
Danish SmartNIC company (founded 2003 at DTU). FPGA-based network accelerators up to 400 Gbps on Intel Agilex and AMD/Xilinx FPGAs. Listed on Oslo Stock Exchange.
Semiconductor activity in Denmark
Napatech (founded 2003 at DTU, listed on Oslo Stock Exchange as NAPA.OL) designs FPGA-based SmartNICs and Infrastructure Processing Units for packet capture, flow management, and inline processing at 100G-400G. The 65-72 developers at the Søborg HQ build FPGA firmware and software suites (Link-Capture, Link-Virtualization, Link-Inline) targeting Intel Agilex and AMD/Xilinx UltraScale+ platforms. Products serve telecom, cybersecurity, HFT, and cloud.
Key facts
- Founded 2003 at DTU by Jens Christophersen and Thomas Jørgensen
- Listed on Oslo Stock Exchange (NAPA.OL)
- ~100 employees total, 65-72 developers at HQ
- Products: NT400D11 (400G), N3070X (400G AI SmartNIC)
- First 10G programmable Ethernet accelerator (2003)
Technology focus
- FPGA-based SmartNIC design (Intel Agilex, AMD UltraScale+)
- 400G packet capture and timestamping
- 5G UPF offload acceleration
- High-frequency trading latency optimization
R&D footprint
~65
estimated R&D staff in Denmark — Denmark HQ, ~65 developers in Søborg