Marvell Wins Leading EDGE Award for Ara 1.6T Optical DSP

Marvell is the Leading EDGE 2025 winner for its Ara product, a 3nm 1.6 Tbps PAM4 optical DSP platform, which enables the industry's lowest power 1.6T optical modules. The engineering community voted to recognize the product as a leader in design innovation this year.

The EDGE awards celebrate outstanding innovations in product design for the engineering industry that have contributed to the advancement of technology. This award is presented by the Engineering Design & Automation Group, a subset of brands at Endeavor Business Media.

Ara is the industry's first 3nm 1.6T PAM4 optical DSP platform. Marvell introduced it to meet growing interconnect bandwidth demands for AI and next-gen cloud data center scale-out networks.

Key features of Ara include:

• 200 Gbps per channel support, providing high bandwidth for next-generation AI-driven applications.
• 200 Gbps per lane line-side receiver with companion Marvell TIA, providing best-in-class linearity and low noise for AI applications.
• Integrated, high-swing laser driver to improve performance while reducing overall transceiver module design complexity, power consumption, and TCO.
• Enhanced crossbar switching capabilities within a streamlined architecture, improving routing flexibility across channels.
• InfiniBand and Ethernet support for versatile interconnect flexibility across diverse network topologies, enhancing adaptability for accelerated infrastructure.

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