Leading Cable Manufacturers Deliver
Cloud-Optimized Interconnects to Address Soaring Data Center
Bandwidth Demand
SANTA
CLARA, Calif., Oct. 20,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell Technology, Inc.
(NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor
solutions, today announced that leading cable manufacturers are
sampling to cloud data center operators their 100G/lane active
electrical cables (AECs) powered by Marvell®
Alaska® A PAM4 DSPs. At
these speeds, the physical reach achievable with passive direct
attach cables (DACs) falls short of the distance requirements for
server-to-ToR (top of rack) and switch-to-switch interconnects. For
cloud operators to continue their routine data center bandwidth
doubling, most of these interconnects must transition from DAC to
AEC. The Alaska A PAM4 DSP family enables cable manufacturers to
deliver optimized AEC solutions that meet the unique and diverse
requirements of leading cloud data center operators. The emerging
AEC interconnect product category expands Marvell's addressable
market for high-speed DSP technology.
The new AECs enable next-generation 400G, 800G and 1.6T
server-to-switch and switch-to-switch interconnects that require
100G serial I/Os for data-intensive artificial intelligence,
machine learning and high-performance computing workloads.
Marvell's industry-leading PAM4 SerDes technology and Ethernet IP
in the Alaska A family underpin the performance of the new
interconnects, complemented by the power and speed advantages of a
cutting-edge process node.
Marvell's Alaska A family further applies advanced DSP
equalization techniques and flexible firmware-based implementation
to optimally compensate for the impairments introduced by the cable
on the high-speed 100G PAM4 signal. This provides the ability to
deploy thin cables that address the reach and flexibility needs of
next-generation data center architectures.
"Alaska A DSPs are foundational to 100G/lane serial-based
connectivity and have extended Marvell's PAM4 DSP portfolio to
short-reach interconnects in cloud data centers," said Venu Balasubramonian, vice president of product
marketing, High Speed Connectivity and PHY Business Unit at
Marvell. "The availability of these high-performance AECs by
leading cable providers is an important milestone in addressing the
100G/lane architectures that are set to be the next data center
inflection point."
"Amphenol's AEC interconnect products incorporating Marvell's
Alaska A DSPs enable us to offer an advanced solution with the
performance needed for next-generation infrastructure
architectures," said Brian Kirk, CTO
at Amphenol. "The delivery of these AEC interconnects to our
customers underscores the critical performance and reliability
requirements they meet for 100G/lane connectivity."
"Our data center customers are looking to extend link reach at
higher data rates as speeds continue to rise and cable
functionality continues to become increasingly important to cloud
infrastructure," said Brian Hauge,
vice president and general manager, Copper Solutions, Molex. "Our
latest AEC portfolio shipping with Marvell's Alaska A DSPs brings a
compelling solution to our customers for their high-performance
interconnect architectures."
"Next-generation data centers with 100G/lane Ethernet will
require advanced cabling solutions to meet the reach, flexibility
and power requirements," said Mike
Tryson, CTO and vice president of Engineering at TE
Connectivity. "The combination of Marvell's Alaska A DSP with TE's
advanced 100G cabling capability will enable a portfolio of AEC
solutions for mission-critical data center applications."
"A data center is only as strong as its weakest link. We
anticipate AEC adoption to occur rapidly with shipments of AEC
chips growing by 10x to nearly 25 million units per year by 2026,"
said Alan Weckel, co-founder of the
650 Group. "AEC cables will play a pivotal role in server to
Top-of-Rack switching in the data center as server speeds increase
to 100 Gbps and beyond. AI/ML-based servers are already pushing the
limits of current cable technology."
Availability
Active electrical cables powered by Marvell Alaska A PAM4 DSPs
are sampling now from Amphenol, Molex and TE Connectivity.
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