BARCELONA and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell
(NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in infrastructure semiconductor solutions,
today announced a highly flexible end-to-end optimized 5G
platform specifically tailored to exceed OEM design demands,
accelerate development of 5G New Radio (5G NR) systems and,
ultimately, speed global carrier deployments.
Marvell's market position in wireless networking technology has
grown with each successive generation of wireless standards.
Today, Marvell-powered 3/4G solutions provide cellular coverage to
over a billion people worldwide. In 5G, Marvell offers
complete silicon platforms that enable all aspects of the digital
processing domain.
Marvell Out Front: Building the Networks of the
Future
Seamless, high-speed and secure connectivity is critical between
the edge and core as wireless base stations, micro cells, connected
cars, smart cities and robotic factories are all becoming
increasingly intelligent and unleashing new, revolutionary 5G usage
cases.
Initial deployments of 5G NR have been dominated by FPGA-based
solutions that are high in cost and power consumption with lower
subscriber capacity. Large scale 5G networks require entirely
new, highly integrated system architectures, spanning the network's
radio, edge and core. To ensure end-to-end, secure and
instantaneous interoperability, at optimized cost and power,
Marvell is leveraging decades of integration expertise with an
unparalleled portfolio of baseband DSPs, Arm multi-core SoCs,
purpose-built hardware accelerators, Ethernet connectivity engines
and system-level security solutions. In addition, 5G
deployment models require flexibility to implement various
system-level architectures adopted by operators around the world:
some will be application-specific like fixed wireless while others
will incorporate various levels of split RAN architectures and core
network virtualization. Instead of implementing per use
specific ASICs, the Marvell 5G platform enables operators to
rapidly develop systems that can be adapted according to the
architectural needs of end deployment and use cases.
"Marvell is uniquely empowering our network infrastructure
customer base to accelerate their 5G systems via our highly
integrated solutions," said Raghib
Hussain, chief strategy officer and executive vice president
of the Network and Processors Group at Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
"Specifically, our 5G Ready portfolio is an order of magnitude
better in terms of performance, power efficiency and overall
implementation cost versus unoptimized field programmable pre-5G
architectures. In short, the depth and breadth of Marvell's
technology offers OEMs the flexibility to tailor their
infrastructure solutions to specific carriers and global end
markets."
"As an innovator in merchant silicon base station
solutions, Marvell is well-positioned to capitalize on 5G
infrastructure deployments given the demonstrated strength of their
existing portfolio coupled with their latest more highly integrated
product launches," said Caroline
Gabriel, research director and co-founder, Rethink
Technology Research. "They offer a unique, highly flexible
system-level platform. Further, we think 2019 will prove to
be the knee of the curve for Marvell as carriers commence exciting
5G services globally."
Marvell's End-to-End 5G Ready Portfolio:
In highly distributed, ultra-low latency networks,
decisions are increasingly made autonomously at the edge
versus the core. Marvell is at the forefront via multi-access
edge computing solutions with advanced application processors,
secure switches and PHY technologies for edge analytics, threat
detection and autonomous decision making.
Marvell's 5G NR Platform includes:
Radio Access SoCs: The award-winning OCTEON Fusion-M
product line is optimized for cost/power and programmable with a
3GPP protocol stack split and massive MIMO capabilities.
Marvell's SoCs set the performance benchmark for both LTE-A and 5G
NR, with multiple deployments through key industry
partners.
Transport/EPC Core
Processors: Multi-core OCTEON processors power
the transport layer of over 10 million base stations around
the world today. This rich and field proven heritage allows
Marvell to offer differentiated products that are optimized to
address the most demanding use cases of 5G NR. Marvell's
scalable data-plane acceleration makes its embedded processors
ideal for 5G Core/EPC applications at the heart of the network as
well. As the industry migrates to virtualized and
hierarchical topologies, Marvell uniquely offers a single
unified architecture for both transport and EPC core.
Ethernet Networking: As a leading supplier of
ethernet switches and physical layer devices, Marvell has extended
its system-level expertise to encompass switches and PHYs in
carrier infrastructure networks. Marvell Prestera switches
contain hierarchical traffic management required for demanding
mobile infrastructure environments. In addition, Marvell's
differentiated switching solutions allow advanced flow
identification and access control to enable user-level security.
Wi-Fi Connectivity: Marvell is ramping high volume
production of industry-leading 8x8 and 4x4 Wi-Fi 6 solutions.
The company's robust, fully certifiable and complete 802.11ax
engines include full MU-MIMO and OFDMA uplink and downlink,
multi-gigabit peak speeds, precision location, cloud management,
best-in-class beamforming and integrated Bluetooth 5 technology.
With broad NPU support and flexible configuration options,
Marvell's carrier-grade connectivity solutions are gaining design
win traction across major carriers worldwide.
ThunderX2 Arm-based Server: With increasing emphasis
on NFV and cloud deployments, Marvell has introduced workload
optimized ThunderX2 server processors to augment and enhance its 5G
portfolio. These highly innovative solutions will be pivotal
in the deployment of next generation carrier networks.
The migration of traditional functions such as PDCP into the
cloud are perfectly suited to Marvell's ThunderX2 architecture.
To learn more about our network infrastructure solutions, please
visit www.marvell.com/solutions/carrier/.
About Marvell
Marvell first revolutionized the digital storage industry by
moving information at speeds never thought possible. Today, that
same breakthrough innovation remains at the heart of the company's
storage, processing, networking, security and connectivity
solutions. With leading intellectual property and deep system-level
knowledge, Marvell's semiconductor solutions continue to transform
the enterprise, cloud, automotive, industrial, and consumer
markets. To learn more,
visit: https://www.marvell.com/
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Marvell Media Relations
Hanna
Kang
Senior Manager, Public Relations
408-222-3780
hhkang@marvell.com
Kristin Hehir
Senior Manager, Public Relations
408-222-8744
kristinh@marvell.com
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