SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell
(NASDAQ: MRVL), a leading provider of data infrastructure
semiconductor solutions, today announced an extension of their long
term partnership with TSMC (TWSE: 2330; NYSE:TSM), the world's
largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, to deliver a comprehensive
silicon portfolio for the data infrastructure market leveraging the
industry's most advanced 5 nanometer (nm) process technology.
Next-generation infrastructure has never been more critical to the
global economy. It's what's keeping the world connected, businesses
running and information flowing. With this collaboration, Marvell
and TSMC are advancing the essential technology underpinning this
infrastructure to provide the storage, bandwidth, speed, and
intelligence that tomorrow's digital economy demands – with the
added customer benefit of significant energy efficiency. Built in
partnership with TSMC on the most advanced process technology
currently in volume production, Marvell's new 5nm portfolio will
enable leading-edge silicon innovation for the infrastructure
market.
Marvell's breakthrough 5nm portfolio will provide the essential
high-performance compute, networking and security technology
required to advance infrastructure development for a multitude of
end-market applications. Marvell's Ethernet connectivity solutions
enable high-performance, low-power network connectivity, optimized
for applications that span cloud data centers to the harsh
environment of the automotive market. Marvell's OCTEON®
platform is the industry's leading Arm-based high-performance
compute architecture for embedded infrastructure applications
targeting a wide variety of wired and wireless networking equipment
including switches, routers, secure gateways, firewalls, and
network monitoring solutions. OCTEON is the world's most widely
deployed data processing unit (DPU) for data-center scale computing
and enables a multitude of acceleration and offload capabilities,
including Smart NICs and security accelerators. Featuring optimized
and customized 5G processing and baseband capabilities, Marvell's
OCTEON Fusion® platform is pushing the boundaries of
wireless network infrastructure.
With multiple designs already under contract for its 5nm
portfolio, Marvell is developing solutions across the carrier,
enterprise, automotive, and data center markets with first products
sampling by the end of next year. This marks a significant
milestone for the infrastructure industry as the process node
cadence now closely follows that of the consumer and
high-performance market. This joint development positions Marvell
for multi-generational leadership in data infrastructure
technology. These advanced systems based on Marvell's leading
technology platform will set a new bar for power and performance
for the industry.
Behind Marvell's entire 5nm solution set is the company's
industry-leading IP portfolio that covers the full spectrum of
infrastructure requirements including high-speed SerDes up to
112Gbps long-reach, processor subsystems, encryption engines,
system-on-chip fabrics, chip-to-chip interconnects, and a variety
of physical layer interfaces. These technologies and more are all
in development now on TSMC's N5P process, an enhanced version of
TSMC's 5nm technology which delivers approximately 20 percent
faster speed or 40 percent power reduction compared to the previous
7nm generation.
This rich collaboration between the two companies extends beyond
5nm to provide a reliable and long-term roadmap for Marvell's
customers.
"We are proud to partner with Marvell to serve the data
infrastructure market with cutting-edge silicon, and are committed
to supporting their growing needs in development, quality, supply
and capacity," said Dr. Kevin Zhang,
Senior Vice President of Business Development at TSMC. "In the 5G
era, more applications than ever are demanding the most advanced
silicon technology we can provide. We look forward to collaborating
with Marvell to meet these demands with our combined design and
process expertise and extend our long history of partnership to the
5nm generation and beyond."
"Now is the time to invest in data infrastructure – the world is
relying on us – and our customers are depending on us," said
Raghib Hussain, Chief Strategy
Officer and Executive Vice President of the Networking and
Processors Group at Marvell. "TSMC's 5nm process provides
world-class power, performance and gate density – and it's critical
for the demands of the leading companies in the world in cloud, 5G,
enterprise, and automotive. We're thrilled to have a strategic
partner like TSMC to help us continue to push the boundaries of
innovation possibilities."
More information can be found here.
About Marvell
To deliver the data infrastructure technology that connects the
world, we're building solutions on the most powerful foundation:
our partnerships with our customers. Trusted by the world's leading
technology companies for 25 years, we move, store, process and
secure the world's data with semiconductor solutions designed for
our customers' current needs and future ambitions. Through a
process of deep collaboration and transparency, we're ultimately
changing the way tomorrow's enterprise, cloud, automotive, and
carrier architectures transform—for the better.
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Stacey Keegan
Vice President, Corporate Marketing
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