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ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Announces Production Availability of 400G Silicon Photonics Platform for Inside Cloud Data Centers

Enables Scalable, Highly Integrated Cloud-Optimized Electro-Optical Solutions

SANTA CLARA, Calif.¡ª Mar. 1, 2022¡ª ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ (NASDAQ: MRVL) today announced the production availability of its 400G DR4 silicon photonics platform solution for data centers. Silicon photonics is a key enabling technology to meet the demands for greater bandwidth at a lower cost and is the cornerstone for technological innovation. The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½? 400G DR4 platform, based on silicon photonics technology, is helping scale cloud data center architectures to address the accelerating bandwidth requirements of emerging artificial intelligence and machine-learning applications.??

As part of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¡¯s unique electro-optics portfolio, the 400G DR4 silicon photonics platform enables lower cost per bit, faster time to market, and paves the way for higher integration for cloud-optimized electro-optical solutions. The platform solution also offers customers the ability to leverage the cost advantages of high-volume silicon wafer-scale manufacturing. ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¡¯s innovative collaborative business model offers the lowest cost per bit of optical modules while the complete electro-optics 400G DR4 platform enables the fastest time to market.

¡°By providing our customers with a fully proven silicon wafer-scale platform solution, we are helping them achieve faster ramps while also lowering their cost per bit,¡± said Keith Nellis, associate vice president, Optical and Copper Connectivity Group, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½. ¡°This is another example of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¡¯s commitment to providing customers with innovative product and business solutions they can rely on to succeed in the marketplace.¡±

¡°Cloud Light designs, markets, and manufactures advanced optical modules for data center interconnects,¡± said Infinity Huang, vice president of Product Management for Cloud Light Technology Limited (¡°Cloud Light¡±). ¡°The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ 400G DR4 silicon photonics platform offers a compelling cost per bit solution and is aligned with our efforts to deliver innovative, high-quality optical modules in a rapidly evolving global market.¡±

400G DR4?Silicon?Photonics?Platform?Solution?Key Features:

• ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¡¯s complete silicon photonics transceiver with four low-loss transmit Mach-Zehnder modulators, and four high-responsivity, receive photodiodes
• Low-power, flip-chip TIA with excellent sensitivity, overload, and error floor
• Analog controller IC which replaces multiple discrete components for laser bias, configuration and monitoring of silicon photonics, and TIA control
• ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¡¯s Porrima? 7-nm low-power PAM4 DSP with integrated 56Gbaud laser driver

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