- 5nm Marvell®
Orion™ coherent DSP enables carriers and clouds to replace
traditional transport equipment for better scalability and
TCO.
- With 2x bandwidth over current coherent DSPs for pluggable
modules, Orion increases the performance and reach of pluggable
module-based connections to up to ~2,000 km.
- Orion expands the opportunity to deploy coherent DSP-based
modules in more use cases, including 800 Gbps metro networks, 600
Gbps regional networks, 400 Gbps long-haul networks and 800 Gbps
data center interconnects.
SANTA
CLARA, Calif., Aug. 23,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell Technology,
Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure
semiconductor solutions, today announced Orion—the industry's
first 800 Gbps coherent digital signal processor (DSP) for
pluggable modules—to change the economics and performance of the
transport networks connecting carrier and cloud assets over
extended geographic areas.
Delivering 2x the maximum bandwidth over today's leading
solutions while staying within the stringent thermal and electrical
limits of pluggable modules, Orion gives carriers and cloud service
providers the opportunity to shift from building transport networks
with traditional optical transport networking transmission
equipment to designing networks around streamlined, scalable
architectures built on merchant routers, integrated optical modules
and other technologies for a lower total cost of ownership.
Orion-based pluggable modules are expected to deliver up to 75%
in capex and opex savings over traditional transport equipment for
popular carrier use cases such as metro networks1.
Orion-based modules are also expected to provide 30% lower
cost and power per bit compared to currently available pluggable
modules2.
Spanning a wider range of transport lengths and bandwidth
capacities, Orion increases the performance of pluggable modules
across multiple use cases, including:
- Metro network connections (~500km) delivering 800 Gbps per
wavelength, 2x the bandwidth of current state-of-the art pluggable
modules.
- 600 Gbps regional network connections (~1,200km) for core
networks built around standards-based modules and routers based on
IP over DWDM (IPoDWDM) to reduce cost and complexity of
infrastructure.
- 400 Gbps long-haul connections (up to ~2,000km) in traditional
or IPoDWDM networks.
- 800 Gbps (~500km) and 600 Gbps (~1,200km) ZR/ZR+ data center
interconnects to scale network capacity quickly and economically to
accommodate the surging traffic from AI and other distributed,
data-intensive workloads.
"Orion represents a tipping point for optical transport
technology. With Orion, pluggable modules will be able to be
deployed across these complex, high-performance networks while
delivering substantial reductions in cost and power. Orion-based
modules will also deliver the bandwidth needed for data center
interconnects to meet the exploding demand for AI," said
Achyut Shah, Senior Vice President
and General Manager of the Connectivity Business Group at
Marvell. "Fueled by the innovation
of our partners, pluggable modules based on Orion will become the
leading choice for carriers and clouds."
A Versatile Architecture
Produced on 5nm technology,
Orion is the fifth generation coherent DSP from Marvell and offers twice the bandwidth in the
same small module form factors as Deneb™ and Canopus™, Marvell's market-leading 400 Gbps coherent
DSPs that have been widely adopted by carriers and clouds.
Orion is the industry's first coherent DSP supporting
standards-based pluggable form factors at symbol rates in excess of
130+ GBaud, which allows Orion-based modules to transfer data at a
faster rate and across longer distances than current modules. Orion
incorporates Marvell's 112 Gbps
SerDes developed as part of Marvell's technology platform for 5nm
devices.
Orion complies with OIF, OpenZR+, OpenROADM, and
IEEE standards and can be used in the QSFP-DD, OSFP, and CFP2
form factors, making it an ideal DSP solution to support widespread
transition into coherent pluggable-enabled architectures.
Orion-based modules will also pave the way for greater adoption
of IPoDWDM. Many carriers are in the midst of once-in-a-decade
upgrade of their core network routers—which can cost hundreds of
thousands of dollars and occupy multiple racks—from 100 Gbps to 400
Gbps. Coupled with Orion-based modules, 400 Gbps IPoDWDM routers
can match the performance of existing transport equipment at a far
lower cost.
"Marvell's Orion DSP represents
the next step in coherent pluggables after the unprecedented
popularity of 400 Gbps modules," said Scott
Wilkinson, Lead Analyst for Optical Components at Cignal AI.
"Orion creates the opportunity to eliminate hardware and
significantly reduce costs in regional to long-haul networks, and
our conservative forecast calls for nearly 300,000 shipments of 800
Gbps-capable pluggable modules a year by 2027."
Customers and Partners
Marvell's growing ecosystem of module partners
is actively engaged in developing Orion-based solutions.
Fujitsu Optical Components Ltd.
"Marvell's cutting-edge technology enables
pluggable solutions for advancing carrier networks, DCI, and other
emerging AI applications. We are thrilled to integrate the Orion
DSP into our coherent transceivers that will meet market demands
for scalability and reduced power consumption."
--Yukiharu Fuse,
Executive Director, Fujitsu Optical Components Ltd.
InnoLight
"Orion is a milestone in infrastructure
because it expands the applications for pluggable technology.
Long-haul is now a use case suitable for coherent modules. The
collaboration between InnoLight and Marvell will fuel this transition for carriers
and cloud providers."
--Osa Mok, CMO,
InnoLight
Lumentum
"We are excited to collaborate with
Marvell on the development of 800
Gbps pluggable technologies that combine Marvell's DSP with Lumentum's high-performance
integrated optics. Leveraging Lumentum's proven track record of
innovation, vertical integration, operational excellence, and the
industry's widest range of high-speed optical technologies, our
collaboration creates cutting-edge IP-over-DWDM pluggable solutions
that enable the continued scaling of data center interconnect and
metro network capacity."
--Marc Stiller,
Vice President Product Line Management, Coherent Modules,
Lumentum
Availability
Orion is sampling now to select
customers.
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 over 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.
- Cignal AI, Marvell
estimates
- Marvell estimates
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