Marvell announces Marvell Nova 2

Marvell Technology announced Marvell Nova 2, the industry’s first 1.6 Tbps PAM4 optical DSP featuring 200 Gbps electrical and optical interfaces to meet the escalating performance demands of accelerated infrastructure, generative AI, and high-performance computing. “200 Gbps signaling will be a defining feature for the next wave of AI clusters and cloud data centers and provide the performance needed to deliver services based on generative AI and large language models,” said Xi Wang, Ph.D., vice president of product marketing for Optical Connectivity at Marvell. “The latest advancements in our Nova product family extend our longstanding leadership in PAM4 optical DSP technology to advance the industry towards next-generation cloud data center architectures.”