SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
March 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell
(NASDAQ: MRVL) today introduced a new generation family of OCTEON
Fusion® processors built on the OCTEON® TX2
platform and optimized for cellular base station designs including
baseband unit and smart radio unit applications. 5G wireless
networks promise a dramatic improvement in bandwidth and latency,
delivering an unprecedented level of service and unlocking new use
cases for mobile operators. To make this promise a reality,
5G wireless infrastructure requires more processing power and
OCTEON Fusion is optimized to meet this surging demand for compute.
Built on Marvell's OCTEON TX2 platform, which provides a
complex of Arm® v8 cores and a series of hardware
accelerators for networking and security, OCTEON Fusion adds
programmable DSP cores and baseband accelerators making it the
optimal solution for base stations. More than seven million
OCTEON and OCTEON Fusion processors have been designed into 3G, 4G
and now 5G base stations worldwide and leading tier 1
telecommunication infrastructure OEMs have already selected the
latest OCTEON Fusion processors for their next generation of 5G
base stations.
The OCTEON Fusion family is ideally suited for layer 1
processing in traditional all-in-one base stations as well as
Distributed Unit (DU) processing in 5G split architectures.
In addition, the highly scalable multi-core OCTEON Fusion
architecture enables it to address a multitude of base station
solutions from mid-capacity small cells to high-capacity modular
macro cells. In the Radio Unit (RU), the family offers
processing solutions for smart radio heads requiring more compute
power to support the complex beamforming algorithms associated with
massive MIMO antenna arrays.
OCTEON Fusion is an integral part of Marvell's portfolio of
semiconductor solutions for Radio Access Network (RAN)
infrastructure. This platform enables OEMs to construct RAN
solutions with world-class silicon from a single supplier and
supports industry standard software and APIs to facilitate product
development.
The Marvell RAN portfolio includes:
- OCTEON Fusion: Complete 4G and 5G layer 1 baseband
processing
- OCTEON TX2: Layer 2 and 3 transport and control plane
processing
- Prestera®: A line of Ethernet switching solutions
for fronthaul, backhaul and intra-RAN connectivity
- Ethernet Connectivity: Marvell's Ethernet adapter, controller,
and PHY product lines provide a comprehensive set of connectivity
options for RAN infrastructure
- Custom and semi-custom ASICS: OEM-differentiated solutions for
baseband and radio unit designs
OCTEON Fusion and OCTEON TX2 processors allow OEMs to deliver
base station products that meet the demanding latency and bandwidth
requirements of 5G network deployments while being in position to
upgrade their offerings as cellular standards evolve. In
addition, Marvell is engaged with wireless infrastructure OEMs to
develop customized solutions allowing them to combine their own
intellectual property with Marvell's hardened and widely deployed
processor and accelerator technology. This unique capability
allows customers to differentiate their offerings and maintain
flexibility while providing them with a time-to-market
advantage.
"Marvell has continued to innovate around the OCTEON Fusion
architecture to achieve an increasingly comprehensive cellular
network portfolio," said Caroline
Gabriel, principal analyst, Wireless at Analysis
Mason. "Their ability to address today's 5G network roll-out
while offering future design flexibility makes a lot of sense in
this quickly evolving marketplace. There will be a number of
different 5G networking configurations, and Marvell processors will
be capable of addressing each one of them."
"Marvell provides the industry's most comprehensive set of 5G
silicon solutions," said Raj Singh, executive vice president of the
Processors Business Group at Marvell. "And the OCTEON Fusion
family is the cornerstone of our architecture, providing a
comprehensive, software-compatible, and customizable base station
compute platform to meet the diverse needs of next generation 5G
mobile networks."
Key features:
- High capacity: supports thousands of connected
users/devices
- Wide connectivity: connects to many radio heads and/or massive
MIMO antenna arrays
- High throughput: supports multiple 100 MHz channel bandwidths
or a higher number of narrower channel bandwidths
- Wide frequency: supports sub-7 GHz and millimeter wave
frequency spectrums
Marvell's OCTEON Fusion CN95xx is available now and shipping in
volume, with reference designs and development kits available.
For more information, please visit
https://www.marvell.com/products/infrastructure-processors/baseband-processors/octeon-fusion-4g-5g-processors.html
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/
Marvell, M logo, OCTEON, OCTEON Fusion and Prestera are
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For further information, contact:
Stacey Keegan
Senior Director, Global Communications
408-222-8966
pr@marvell.com
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