SANTA CLARA, Calif. and
WILMINGTON, Mass., Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell
(Nasdaq: MRVL) and Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI) today
announced an advanced 4G/5G radio unit (RU) design that supports
high antenna counts and multi-gigabit per second throughput for
both integrated RAN and Open RAN deployments. Leveraging the
companies' complementary radio silicon and RU software suite, the
next-generation massive MIMO RU design that results from this
collaboration will deliver power, weight and performance
improvements inherent with ASIC solutions for both integrated RAN
and Open RAN deployments.
As 5G deployments continue to ramp, network operators are
increasingly seeking higher capacity RU systems to deliver the
performance expected by their customers. The ADI-Marvell solution
will enable a growing number of OEMs to bring competitive solutions
to the market, enabling additional capacity for existing radio
sites. With an ongoing shift toward Open RAN, the newly launched
solutions will provide native support for O-RAN split 7.2x
functionality.
"Our goal in joining with ADI in this effort was to provide a
complete, open standards-based RU platform, one that leverages what
each company does best," said Raj Singh, Executive Vice President
and General Manager of Marvell's Processor Business Group. "We
wanted to minimize the amount of silicon required to deliver
massive MIMO RU solutions capable of supporting 32T32R performance,
along with beamforming and DFE functions. ADI's transceiver
solutions align perfectly with our RU and digital unit baseband
offerings – it's exactly what the industry has been seeking in next
generation RU designs."
"The demand for much higher capacity radio units is exploding,"
said Joe Barry, Vice President of
the Wireless Communications Business Unit at ADI. "Together with
Marvell, we are able to get ahead of the curve and help the
industry transition to 32T32R – or even higher capacity – radio
units. At the same time, by providing differentiated radio
architectures and algorithms we are allowing the operators to
effectively manage both their capital and operating expenses."
The 5G massive MIMO RU solutions will incorporate ADI's
next-generation transceiver technology, including an advanced,
programmable digital front-end. Marvell is providing its baseband
silicon, which offers beamforming and a lower L1 software
supporting O-RAN split 7.2. The solutions provide complete
system-level hardware reference designs developed in collaboration
with Benetel, a leading innovator in RU solutions. Initial
prototypes are expected in latter half of 2021.
About Analog Devices
Analog Devices is a leading global high-performance analog
technology company dedicated to solving the toughest engineering
challenges. We enable our customers to interpret the world around
us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital with
unmatched technologies that sense, measure, power, connect and
interpret. Visit http://www.analog.com.
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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For further information, contact:
Stacey Keegan
Marvell
Vice President, Corporate Marketing
pr@marvell.com
Linda Kincaid
Analog Devices
Global PR Manager
linda.kincaid@analog.com
Forward Looking Statements
This release may contain forward-looking statements intended
to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements
by Raj Singh and Joe Barry and other
statements regarding the expected opportunities, utilization,
benefits, product and service offerings and developments associated
with the collaboration between Analog Devices, Inc. and Marvell, as
well as the expected timing for initial prototypes of the massive
MIMO solution, that are based on current expectations, beliefs,
assumptions, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the
industry and markets in which the companies operate. The statements
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assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual
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in such forward-looking statements, and such statements should not
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expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the date of
this press release. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from the results described, implied or
projected in any forward-looking statements include difficulty or
delay in our design, development, production and marketing of
products, technologies and solutions, including those associated
with the collaboration between Analog Devices and Marvell, the
course, impacts and uncertainty of the COVID-19 global pandemic,
and other risk factors described in the most recent filings of
Analog Devices and Marvell with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Analog Devices and Marvell do not undertake any
obligation to update forward-looking statements made by us.
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