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The CXL consortium has had a regular presence at FMS (which rechristened itself from 'Flash Memory Summit' to the 'Future of Memory and Storage' this year). Back at FMS 2022, the company had announced v3.0 of the CXL specifications. This was followed by CXL 3.1's introduction at Supercomputing 2023. Having started off as a host to device interconnect standard, it had slowly subsumed other competing standards such as OpenCAPI and Gen-Z. As a result, the specifications started to encompass a wide variety of use-cases by building a protocol on top of the the ubiquitous PCIe expansion bus. The CXL consortium comprises of heavyweights such as AMD and Intel, as well as a large number of startup companies attempting to play in different segments on...
Marvell Announces Client SSD Controllers With PCIe Gen4
Last year Marvell announced updated client NVMe controllers that we have not yet encountered in the retail SSD market, but now that the transition to PCIe gen4 is underway...
17 by Billy Tallis on 8/1/2019Marvell Selling Wi-Fi And Bluetooth Portfolio To NXP For $1.76B
Marvell this morning has announced that it is selling off its Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chipset business to NXP Semiconductors in a $1.76 billion cash transaction. This business unit includes...
4 by Billy Tallis on 5/29/2019Marvell to Acquire Avera Semiconductor from GlobalFoundries
Marvell on Monday announced that it had entered into agreement to buy Avera Semiconductor from GlobalFoundries. The acquisition will bring additional chip design capabilities to Marvell and will enable...
8 by Anton Shilov on 5/20/2019Marvell to Acquire Aquantia, Eying Automotive Networking Market
Marvell on Monday announced that it had reached an agreement to buy the networking specialist firm Aquantia for $452 million. The acquisition will allow Marvell to significantly augment their...
21 by Anton Shilov on 5/6/2019Micron Announces 1300 Client SATA SSD With 96L TLC
Micron's line of client SATA SSDs for the OEM market is making the jump to 96-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory with the new Micron 1300 SSD. This replaces...
6 by Billy Tallis on 2/28/2019Buffalo Unveils New 10GBase-T Network Card with 2.5G+5G
One of the interesting elements in NBase-T networking is how and when companies are releasing new multi-gig 2.5G+5G+10G controllers to the market. This week Buffalo lifted the lid their...
9 by Ian Cutress on 11/13/2018Micron Announces Broad Availability Of 5210 ION QLC SSD
Micron's 5210 ION enterprise SATA SSD was announced in May as the first shipping SSD with four bit per cell (QLC) NAND flash memory, but until now it has...
13 by Billy Tallis on 11/8/2018LR-Link Launches New Mass-Market 10GigE NIC Based on Tehuti Networks’ Tech
LR-Link, a maker of networking solutions from China, has announced its first 10 GbE NIC, the wordy-named LREC6860BT. The new NIC is the first such retail product we've seen...
49 by Anton Shilov on 8/9/2018Marvell Completes Acquisition of Cavium, Gets CPU, Networking & Security Assets
Marvell on Friday announced that it had completed its takeover of Cavium. The combined company will have a broad portfolio of IP and patents that promise to enable the...
15 by Anton Shilov on 7/9/2018Marvell Announces New Client NVMe SSD Controllers
Following up from their recent announcement of a new generation of NVMe SSD controllers for enterprise drives, Marvell is announcing a pair of new client/consumer oriented controllers. The new...
1 by Billy Tallis on 6/5/2018Kingston Begins Shipping 2TB UV500 Series SATA SSDs
Kingston, who recently released their new UV500 line of SSD products, has announced it is now shipping a 2 TB capacity drive a 2.5-inch form factor. Kingston states the...
14 by Joe Shields on 6/1/2018The Plextor M9Pe NVMe SSD Review: Teaching An Old Chip New Tricks
The M9Pe is Plextor's first NVMe SSD to use 3D NAND, replacing the previous flagship's planar MLC with Toshiba 3D TLC NAND but keeping the same aging Marvell controller...
15 by Billy Tallis on 5/24/2018Intel And Micron Launch First QLC NAND: Micron 5210 ION Enterprise SATA SSD
Intel and Micron are announcing today that their jointly-developed QLC NAND flash memory is now available, and Micron is now shipping the first solid state drive based on QLC...
38 by Billy Tallis on 5/21/2018Marvell Launches New SSD Controllers And RAID-Capable NVMe Switch
At OCP Summit last week, Marvell unveiled a new generation of NVMe SSD controllers and a unique NVMe switch that blurs the lines between a standard PCIe switch and...
9 by Billy Tallis on 3/27/2018Asustor Launches Marvell-based AS4000 Series NAS Units with 10GBASE-T
Asustor took the opportunity at CES 2018 to launch their AS4000 NAS series. It will have two SKUs - the 2-bay AS4002T, and the 4-bay AS4004T. While there are...
20 by Ganesh T S on 1/13/2018Plextor Launches M9Pe NVMe SSDs
Today Plextor is officially launching their first SSDs with 3D NAND flash memory: the M9Pe family of NVMe SSDs. Based on Toshiba's 64-layer BiCS3 3D TLC NAND, the M9Pe...
10 by Billy Tallis on 1/2/2018Marvell Announces 802.11ax Wireless Portfolio
Today Marvell announces the introduction of their new 802.11ax wireless portfolio which promises to be the company's first product line laying the groundwork for advancing the new wireless standard...
5 by Andrei Frumusanu on 12/11/2017Lite-On Announces Enterprise EPX M.2 NVMe SSDs: 3D TLC, Up to 1920 GB, 1800 MB/s
Lite-On has added its new EPX-series enterprise-class SSDs to its lineup. Based around 3D TLC NAND memory and in the uncommon M.2-22110 form-factor, the new drives are aimed at...
7 by Anton Shilov on 12/8/2017Marvell to Acquire Cavium for $5.5 Billion, Augmenting Marvell's CPU, Networking, & Security Assets
Marvell and Cavium on Monday announced that they had reached a definitive buyout agreement. Under the terms of the transaction, Marvell will acquire all outstanding shares of Cavium for...
11 by Anton Shilov on 11/21/2017Lite-On Launches CA3 M.2 NVMe SSDs: Up to 1TB, 2.9 GB/s, Marvell 88SS1093
Lite-On has quietly added its new high-end CA3 M.2 NVMe SSDs to its lineup. The new drives are based on Toshiba’s 3D TLC NAND memory, a Marvell controller, and...
6 by Anton Shilov on 11/9/2017