Marvell announced that it has more than doubled its growth year-over-year (YOY) in cloud data center Ethernet switch port shipments, based on 650 Group’s quarterly switch report for Q4’21 released last month. Marvell’s share of the overall data center switch market grew from 6% to 10% YOY and specifically within the 50G SerDes segment of switches, deployed by the fast-growing cloud infrastructure market, the company attained a record high of 31% share in Q4’21. To date, Marvell has shipped more than 3 million 400G switch ports, marking the company’s strong growth momentum in cloud networking. Marvell’s cloud-optimized Teralynx® switch portfolio delivers the industry’s lowest latency with a highly scalable solution to meet the ever-increasing networking demands that artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and high-performance computing (HPC) applications are driving in the cloud.
As the key building blocks for communications in networks, switches provide the means to move data within data centers. The fastest growing segment of the switch market is the cloud, which brings unique and mission-critical requirements that can be met with cloud-optimized, high-performance silicon solutions. Marvell’s Teralynx product line, added to the company’s switch portfolio through the acquisition of Innovium, delivers the ultra-low latency, optimized power, programmability, and innovative telemetry essential to the cloud data center. The Teralynx switches, together with Marvell’s Inphi® electro-optics offerings, provide a comprehensive suite of networking solutions inside and between data centers.
“The continued, and growing, traction of Marvell’s Teralynx switch family in tier-1 cloud data centers demonstrates its compelling value proposition for customers requiring the best possible application performance,” said Guy Azrad, senior vice president and general manager, Switch Business Unit at Marvell. “Our Teralynx switches are built upon a highly efficient and scalable architecture which delivers the power efficiency and roadmap for 51.2 Tbps and beyond. Further, the Teralynx family is uniquely positioned for integration with Marvell’s high-speed electro-optics offerings to bring a complete and better-together, end-to-end cloud solution.”
“The Ethernet switch market reached a new all-time high in 4Q’21, exceeding a $9 billion per quarter run-rate for the first time, driven by cloud data centers,” said Alan Weckel, founding analyst for 650 Group. “This past quarter, our research found that Marvell’s market share reached 31% for 50G SerDes shipments, achieving the highest to date, with growth YoY at 104%.”