Marvell announced that its Alaska P PCIe 6 retimers have been adopted by Supermicro, TE Connectivity, and TeraHop, enabling low‑power, high‑speed connectivity for AI accelerators, GPUs, XPUs, CPUs, SSDs, and CXL devices.
The retimers are built on Marvell’s 5 nm PAM4 SerDes, operate at 64 GT/s, and can compensate for 40 dB of channel loss while delivering advanced telemetry, diagnostics, and fleet‑management capabilities. They consume 10 W typical for a 16‑lane configuration, giving a 40 % power‑efficiency advantage over discrete solutions.
The adoption signals strong market confidence in Marvell’s interconnect technology and aligns with the company’s strategy to power next‑generation accelerator‑centric compute fabrics. Marvell’s senior vice president and general manager of the connectivity business unit, Xi Wang, said the partnership “underscores our leadership in enabling the AI infrastructure transition from traditional server architectures to disaggregated, accelerator‑centric compute fabrics.”
The product, first sampled in May 2024, competes with offerings from Astera Labs and Broadcom. By integrating the retimers into both copper and optical PCIe solutions, the partners can deliver lower power consumption and higher bandwidth, which is critical for hyperscale data centers that demand high throughput and low latency.
The announcement is expected to accelerate revenue growth in Marvell’s data‑center segment and reinforce its competitive advantage in high‑speed connectivity for AI workloads. The move also expands Marvell’s reach into the AI infrastructure ecosystem, positioning the company to capture a larger share of the growing market for accelerator‑centric compute fabrics.
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