Micas Networks Inc. holds the MA-L block 80:BA:16, registered to "Micas Networks Inc." at 250 Tasman Drive, Ste 170, San Jose, CA 95134, US. The company builds white-box / open-networking Ethernet switches for hyperscaler and cloud data centers — an open-networking hardware vendor in the same lane as Edgecore/Accton and Arista. Its product line spans 1G through 800G open network switches built on Broadcom switching silicon, plus transceivers, cables, and network operating systems (the open-source SONiC and a proprietary HULKOS); it has also co-developed a Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) switch system with Broadcom. The company was formed in September 2023 when Singapore-based Cedar Investments acquired the assets, IP, and staff of data-center switching startup Ragile Networks and incorporated a new entity headquartered in San Jose. A data-quality trap worth flagging: a second, name-similar IEEE registration — the MA-S block 70:B3:D5:AB:3 belongs to "MICAS AG" of Oelsnitz, Germany, a legally distinct organization that shares only a name root, not corporate identity, with Micas Networks Inc. For triage, an 80:BA:16 address is a Micas Networks open-networking / data-center switch (likely running SONiC or HULKOS); do not conflate it with MICAS AG's German MA-S allocation.
- IEEE assignment
- 80:BA:16 → "Micas Networks Inc." (San Jose, CA, US) [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L (oui.csv)
- Registry / block size
- MA-L (24-bit OUI); one block on record (80:BA:16) [Confirmed] — IEEE oui.csv; corroborated by third-party OUI database uic.io. NOTE: IEEE's public OUI data publishes NO assignment/registration date (oui.csv columns are only Registry, Assignment, Organization Name, Organization Address); any "date registered" on third-party tools is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact.
- HQ / country
- 250 Tasman Drive, Ste 170, San Jose, CA 95134, US (registry address) [Confirmed] — IEEE oui.csv; same address on uic.io
- Company status
- active; formed September 2023 from the assets/IP/staff of Ragile Networks, acquired by Singapore-based Cedar Investments and incorporated with HQ in San Jose, CA [Confirmed] — globenewswire.com (2023-09-20), micasnetworks.com
- Device types
- white-box / open-networking data-center Ethernet switches (1G/25G/100G/400G/800G), transceivers, cables; network operating systems SONiC (open-source) and HULKOS (proprietary); Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) switch systems [Confirmed] — micasnetworks.com
- Notable products
- Broadcom-based open network switches; SONiC / HULKOS NOS; CPO switch system co-developed with Broadcom [Confirmed] — micasnetworks.com, globenewswire.com
- Verified prefix
- 80:BA:16 (MA-L) [Confirmed] — IEEE oui.csv
- Special note (data trap — distinct organization)
- the MA-S block 70:B3:D5:AB:3 is registered to "MICAS AG," Turleyring 18-22, Oelsnitz, DE 09376 — a legally separate entity sharing only a name root with Micas Networks Inc. Do not merge the two registrations. [Confirmed] — IEEE oui36.csv. No match in mam.csv (no MA-M allocation). The IEEE registry publishes no assignment dates, so none is stated here.
- Security context
- no Micas-specific CVEs or product security advisories found as of June 2026; switches run SONiC (open-source NOS with its own upstream CVE history) or proprietary HULKOS. As white-box data-center infrastructure in hyperscaler/cloud environments these are high-value network targets — apply standard switch hardening (management-plane isolation, firmware updates, supply-chain verification). [Likely] — absence-of-evidence from public sources (no Micas-specific advisory found); plvision.eu (SONiC compatibility), micasnetworks.com
- Related vendors
- Broadcom (switching ASIC partner); Ragile Networks (predecessor whose assets formed the company; do not treat Ragile's pre-2023 history as Micas history); MICAS AG (name-similar but unrelated MA-S registrant)
- Analyst note
- An 80:BA:16 OUI is a Micas Networks open-networking / data-center switch (likely running SONiC or HULKOS) — an open-networking infrastructure signal akin to Edgecore/Arista. The OUI may surface on white-box gear in cloud/hyperscaler fleets; treat it as data-center networking, and keep it distinct from MICAS AG's German MA-S block.