Marvell nabs Innovium for $1.1B as it delves deeper into cloud ethernet switches

Marvell announced this morning it intends to acquire Innovium for $1.1 billion in an all-stock deal. The startup, which raised over $400 million according to Crunchbase data, makes networking ethernet switches optimized for the cloud. Marvell president and CEO Matt Murphy sees Innovium as a complementary piece to the $10 billion Inphi acquisition last year, […] Continue reading Marvell nabs Innovium for $1.1B as it delves deeper into cloud ethernet switches

Marvell and Toshiba extend HDD controller and preamplifier collaboration

Marvell announced that its hard disk drive (HDD) controller and preamplifier are shipping in Toshiba Electronic Devices and Storage Corporation’s MG09 Series 18TB Cloud-Scale HDD family of products. This announcement extends the longstanding rela… Continue reading Marvell and Toshiba extend HDD controller and preamplifier collaboration

More chip industry action as Marvell is acquiring Inphi for $10B

It’s been quite a time for chip industry consolidation, and today Marvell joined the acquisition parade when it announced it is acquiring Inphi in a combination of stock and cash valued at approximately $10 billion, according to the company. Marvell CEO Matt Murphy believes that by adding Inphi, a chip maker that helps connect internal […] Continue reading More chip industry action as Marvell is acquiring Inphi for $10B

Starry Internet and Marvell want to bust open the ISP industry

 Expanding and upgrading wireless networks requires an astounding amount of investment, both in terms of time and resources. As we head into the era of 5G connectivity, that investment only increases. But Starry Internet, founded by Chet Kanojia, … Continue reading Starry Internet and Marvell want to bust open the ISP industry

Makerville Knit: Industrial-Strength WiFi Breakout

If you need an industrial-strength IoT product, you need an industrial-strength WiFi chipset. For our own household hacks, we’re totally happy with the ESP8266 chip. But if you need to connect to the big, scary Internet you’ll probably want state-of-the-art encryption. In particular, Amazon insists on TLS 1.2 for their Web Services (AWS), and we don’t know how to get that working on the ESP.

[Anuj] designed a breakout board called the knit which includes a Marvell MW300 WiFi SOC. This chip has an onboard ARM Cortex M4F running at 200 MHz, which means you’ve got a lot of everything …read more

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