Marvell Offers Industry's First and Only Complete Chipset Solution to Address the High Port-Count Gigabit Ethernet Switch Market.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2001 Marvell's 12-Port Reference Design Supports Both Copper and Fiber Gigabit Interfaces With Industry-Leading Alaska(TM) Quad+ Transceiver Marvell (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : MRVL), a technology leader in the development of extreme broadband communications solutions, today announced the industry's first and only complete chipset solution to address the high port count Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. switch market. Marvell's 12-port Gigabit Ethernet reference design, the RD-48360-1040S, supports both copper and fiber Gigabit interfaces with the Company's leading-edge Alaska(TM) Quad+ Gigabit transceiver. An example of the combined strength of Marvell's physical layer technology and the recently acquired Galileo controller and switching technology, the RD-48360-1040S reference design provides OEMs with a powerful tool to increase Gigabit port density, improve performance and reduce time to market. Marvell's full-wire-speed RD-48360-1040S reference platform provides OEMs with a high-performance, lower cost, reduced chip-count solution, and reduced time to market. The reference design's 1U (1 3/4") form factor is achieved with Marvell's highly integrated GalNet(R)-2+ Switched Ethernet An Ethernet network that is controlled by a switch instead of a shared hub. The switch cross connects all clients, servers and network devices, giving each sending-receiving pair the full rated transmission speed. controller and recently introduced Alaska Quad+ PHY See physical layer and physical. transceiver. The Alaska Quad+ device significantly reduces the power and number of chips required allowing development of higher integration Gigabit systems. The architecture of this design coupled with the high integration capability of the Alaska Quad+ transceiver enable Gigabit Ethernet switches with densities of up to 48 mixed-media ports on a single line card. Marvell's Alaska Quad+ Gigabit transceiver is the only transceiver in the industry to incorporate both copper and fiber-optics, providing flexibility in the independent selection of interfaces on a per-port basis. For example, Marvell's 12-port Gigabit reference design is configured with ten 10/100/1000BASE-T copper ports and two 1000BASE-SX fiber ports. This design requires only three Alaska Quad+ devices to implement the physical layer, which was originally only possible with twelve single-port devices. With Marvell's quick time to market reference design and industry-leading Alaska Quad+ transceiver, the Company continues to push Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop. "Marvell's 12-port Gigabit Ethernet reference design clearly demonstrates our technology breadth in providing all the building blocks for complete solutions for high-performance Gigabit networks," said Weili Dai, Marvell's Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Communications Business Group. "By providing a complete example of a working system, including hardware, software and design documentation, OEMs can rapidly bring cost-effective, high-density Gigabit Ethernet solutions to market." Added Marvell President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Dr. Sehat Sutardja, "Marvell is a known technology leader in the communications industry. Our Alaska family of Gigabit Ethernet transceivers and our ability to quickly ramp product from initial introduction to volume production demonstrate the superiority of our communications solutions. With the acquisition of Galileo, Marvell is now a true IC communications powerhouse, providing OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers with the most advanced time to market, end-to-end IC solutions. As a combined company, Marvell is positioned for significantly broader market opportunities including 10 Gigabit Ethernet and wireless." Marvell RD-48360-1040S Reference Design Overview The RD-48360-1040S reference design includes the GT-48360 Gigabit Ethernet switch engines, the twelve-port GT48304 crossbar and Alaska Quad+ transceivers. The GT48304 crossbar contains a PCI bus for connection to an optional management card for the system. The RD-48360-1040S reference platform ships with all hardware, software and design documentation. Marvell GT-48360 The GT-48360 is an ideal solution in the design of full-wire-speed Gigabit Ethernet switches for converged voice/video/data applications such as Voice over IP (VoIP) and Windows(R) 2000. A member of the GalNet-2+ family of switching products, the GT-48360 incorporates embedded memory, integrates full-wire-speed Layer 2 and Layer 3 Quality of Service functions and is shipping in volume. The GT-48360 integrates a single full-duplex 1000BASE-T wire-speed switching engine, MAC address table, packet buffer memory, and the 2.9 Gb/s G.Link interconnect bus into a single 128-pin LQFP See QFP. device. Applications based on the GT-48360 support the needs of workgroup, enterprise, and chassis applications due to its support of advanced management features, system expandability and wire-speed performance. Marvell Alaska Quad+ Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver The Marvell Alaska Quad+ Gigabit Ethernet transceiver is the industry's first and only fully integrated DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive quad-port 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet transceiver. The Alaska Quad+ Gigabit PHY transceiver offers a built-in Gigabit serializer/deserializer (SERDES See serializer/deserializer. ) function, providing flexibility in the selection of copper or fiber-optic interfaces on a per-port basis. In copper mode, Marvell's Alaska Quad+ transceiver enables the use of "stacked" RJ45 modules, maximizing the port density of Gigabit Ethernet over copper switches and enabling 48 ports per line card. In fiber-optic mode, the Marvell Alaska Quad+ PHY transceiver incorporates the Ethernet-defined Gigabit Media Independent Interface (GMII GMII Gigabit Media Independent Interface ) and supports the latest Marvell/HP-defined Reduced Gigabit Media Independent Interface Reduced Gigabit Media Independent Interface (RGMII) specifies a particular interface between an Ethernet MAC and PHY. RGMII uses half the number of pins as used in the GMII interface. (RGMII RGMII Reduced Gigabit Media Independent Interface ) specification, allowing for reduced pin count, system cost and design complexity. Leveraging Marvell's advanced DSP-based mixed-signal technology and power management techniques, the Alaska Quad+ PHY transceiver in 10/100/1000BASE-T copper mode achieves ultra low power An ultra low power, or ULP device, is an electronic gadget that has milli- or micro-watt power consumption. Some examples of ultra-low power devices:
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