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Marvell Ushers In the 1.6T Era with Expanded Optical DSP Platform Portfolio, Redefining AI Data Center End-to-End Connectivity
Multi-generational, Industry-leading DSPs, Advanced SerDes and Industry’s Broadest End-to-End Connectivity Portfolio Position Marvell as the Driving Force in
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nMulti-generational, Industry-leading DSPs, Advanced SerDes and Industry’s Broadest End-to-End Connectivity Portfolio Position Marvell as the Driving Force in Next-gen AI Infrastructures\n\n\n SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nMarvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, today announced a major expansion of its 1.6T optical DSP platform portfolio, advancing the industry’s transition from 800G into 1.6T next-generation AI data center connectivity.\n\n\nMarvell has a multi-generational history of industry firsts. The company was the first to introduce 200G/lane 1.6T DSPs in 5nm with Marvell® Nova in 2023, followed by the 3nm 1.6T Ara platform in 2024, which increased performance and reduced the power envelope as the demand for 1.6T modules expanded in 2025. Now shipping in mass volume to global customers, Ara is enabling the world’s hyperscalers and cloud providers to deploy 1.6T pluggable connectivity for AI data centers.\n\n\nToday, Marvell is introducing the next wave of its 3nm 1.6T optical DSP platform portfolio, increasing performance per watt by optimizing separately for each high-volume use case and introducing new capabilities, including:\n\n\n\nAra T, the first 8x200G transmit-retimed optics (TRO) DSP, delivers improved power efficiency and reduced total cost of ownership in network deployments.\n\n\n\nAra X, the first 1.6T DSP with advanced link reliability capabilities, enables customers to achieve higher resilience for optical networks.\n\n\n\nPetra, the first 3nm 8x100G to 4x200G gearbox, enables high power efficiency and unlocks new, more flexible infrastructure designs.\n\n\n\nAquila M, the first O-band-optimized, coherent-lite optical DSP with integrated media access control security (MACsec), adds critical built-in security to next-generation optical links.\n\n\n\nAs AI infrastructure scales exponentially, connectivity has become the primary bottleneck of the modern data center, and the solution requires more than a “one-size-fits-all” approach. New, dedicated semiconductor interconnect solutions are required to address the increasing performance, power, design, security and application-specific challenges. With these new 1.6T offerings and an unmatched breadth and depth of expertise—and offering a full connectivity stack including industry-first DSPs, a...