Marvell's Galileo Technology Division Announces Industry's First Router Chips to Enable Converged Voice/Data Internetworking
Sunnyvale, California
(March 20, 2001) —
Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL), a technology leader in the development of extreme broadband communications solutions, today unveiled the industry's first router chips to enable telecom-quality voice and real-time video services over packet-based networks such as Ethernet local area networks and the Internet. Developed by Marvell's Galileo Technology Division and integrated into a single-chip system-on-silicon, the Horizon™ GT-96122 supports MIPS-architecture processors, while the GT-96132 is used in PowerPCTM-based systems.
"Marvell's Galileo Technology Division is the first in the industry to support telecom-quality communications to enterprise customers connecting to the Internet," said Dave Matteucci, Vice President and General Manager for Galileo's Internetworking Products Business Unit. "This architecture will enable the mass adoption of voice-over-IP and streaming video services by significantly reducing the cost of systems that support this technology."
The Horizon GT-96122 and GT-96132 chips advance packet-based communications in three ways:
They are the first single-chip solutions that enable full Layer 5 quality-of-service (QoS) with integrated interfaces connecting directly to WANs and LANs;
They offer unprecedented system and packet processing performance via full-bandwidth data flow prioritization, bandwidth allocation and data management;
The chips provide a scalable architecture that enables OEMs to leverage the same software and hardware development across an entire family of products, saving R&D costs as well as accelerating time to market.
Layer 5 QoS is critical to the ultimate success of converged communications over the Internet. Added Matteucci, "Emerging multimedia applications are useless if packets arrive out-of-order or fail to arrive at all. The Horizon architecture provides the intelligence to deliver mission-critical packets, providing a reliable, high-performance link between local area networks and the Internet."
Unprecedented Market Expansion Requires Future-Proof Solutions
The Dell'Oro Group predicts that next generation voice-and-data routers will compete with and begin to supplant sales of conventional PBXs, particularly at medium- and smaller-sized sites. Revenue for the voice-and-data router market was approximately $3.4B in 2000 and will grow to $6.3B by 2005. This enormous growth over five years is creating a significant demand for silicon solutions that offer the high-performance and converged packet processing capability that the GT-96122 and GT-96132 deliver.
Through exceptionally high integration of features and capabilities, these chips will form the core of next-generation multi-service routers. Customers include mainstream network equipment vendors in the upper echelon of the rapidly expanding network edge router market.
"We worked directly with premier networking OEM customers to specifically target the volume segments of enterprise voice and video enabled routers with the Horizon GT-96122 and GT-96132," said Thad Omura, Sr. Product Marketing Manager for the Galileo Horizon family. "The rapid growth of converged networking within enterprises will accelerate the public acceptance and availability of packet-based multimedia communications. We expect the Horizon GT-96122 and GT-96132 to have a positive impact on the appeal of the converged Internet."
GT-96122 and GT-96132 Product Information
Extending the successful Horizon family of WAN communication controllers, the GT-96122 and GT-96132 provide system designers with the flexibility to utilize their CPU architecture of choice. For example, the GT-96122 interfaces to 64-bit MIPS processors such as PMC-Sierra's RM7000A, while the GT-96132 supports 64-bit PowerPC CPUs such as Motorola's MPC750 and IBM's 750CX. Apart from the CPU host interface, the chips are identical. For the first time, designers can use the same base architecture over a family of internetworking products by simply choosing the CPU that best fits the price and performance requirements of a product in a particular market segment.
These new communication controllers integrate Galileo's innovative NetGX coprocessor, a customized version of the popular Tensilica Xtensa II CPU core. Optimized instructions allow the core to offload the host CPU from compute-intensive tasks such as wirespeed QoS flow-classification, 3DES encryption, packet/message authentication (such as HMAC-SHA1 or HMAC-MD5), and checksum error-detection and correction. Converged networking applications take advantage of the NetGX coprocessor's capabilities to efficiently route packets between the integrated WAN and LAN interfaces.
Along with the LAN controller, WAN controller and NetGX coprocessor, these chips integrate a state-of-the-art system controller complete with SDRAM and PCI interfaces, DMA and interrupt controller and watchdog timers and counters. This functionality is based on Galileo's industry-leading system controller technology. Customers using the GT-64120A MIPS system controller or GT-64130 PowerPC system controller can immediately benefit by using their existing software-compatible code and integrating new WAN, LAN and packet processing capabilities with the GT-96122 or GT-96132.
Development Support
To accelerate OEM time-to-market, Marvell's Galileo Technology Division offers a comprehensive development platform including hardware reference designs and software operating system support packages. The EV-96122-RM7000A development board is available to evaluate the GT-96122 with the RM7000A MIPS CPU from PMC-Sierra. The EV-96132-MPC750 development board is available to evaluate the GT-96132 with the Motorola MPC750 PowerPC CPU. Also available are the RS-232 (UART), LVDS, V.35, HDSL, channelized T1/E1 and fractional T3 WAN modules that plug directly into the main platform and provide developers with the flexibility to recreate their system environment prior to manufacturing of the actual system. Full schematics, manual and Gerber files are available from Galileo for all boards, as well as a WindRiver VxWorks Board Support Package. Linux operating system support is available from MontaVista Software. In addition, a full set of software drivers is available to accelerate software development.
A full environment is available to develop custom software for the NetGX coprocessor. This includes GNU-compatible compilers and debuggers. Flow-classification and IPSec software is available for designers who would like to customize their system with these QoS and security features.
Availability
The Horizon GT-96122 (MIPS-compatible) is offered in a 492-pin BGA package, while the GT-96132 (PowerPC-compatible) employs a 556-pin BGA package. Both versions are available at two clock rates: 100 MHz and 83 MHz. 10K unit pricing for the GT-96122 is $98 for the 100 MHz version and $83.30 for the 83 MHz version. 10K unit pricing for the GT-96132 is $106 for the 100 MHz version and $90.10 for the 83 MHz version. The EV-96122-RM7000A and EV-96132-MPC750 development boards are $7995 each. WAN modules are $495 each.
Samples of the GT-96122 and GT-96132 are available now, with production quantities planned for later this year. Reference design platforms are available now.
About Marvell
Marvell, a technology leader in the development of extreme broadband communications solutions, comprises Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MTGL) and its subsidiaries, Marvell Semiconductor Inc. (MSI), Marvell Asia Pte Ltd. (MAPL), Marvell Japan K.K. (MJKK), and Galileo Technology Ltd. (GTL). On behalf of MTGL, MSI designs, develops and markets integrated circuits utilizing proprietary Communications Mixed-Signal Processing (CMSP) and digital signal processing technologies for communications signal processing markets. MAPL is headquartered in Singapore and is responsible for Marvell's production and distribution operations. GTL develops high-performance communications Internetworking and Switching products for the broadband communications market. As used in this release, the terms "Company" and "Marvell" refer to the entire group of companies. The Company applies its technology to the extreme broadband communications market where its products are used in network access equipment to provide the interface between communications systems and data transmission media. MSI is headquartered at 645 Almanor Ave., Sunnyvale, Calif., 94085; phone: (408) 222-2500, fax: (408) 328-0120.
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This release may contain forward-looking statements based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our products, our industry, our markets, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," and variations of these words or similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, market results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements in this release.
Important risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause such a difference for Marvell in connection with the introduction of its Galileo Horizon GT-96122 and GT-96132 WAN communications controllers for the data communications market, the supplantation of sales of conventional PBXs, the market and revenue and growth for the voice-and-data router market, and the public acceptance and availability of packet-based multimedia communications, include, but are not limited to, the timing, cost and successful completion of technology and product development through volume production; the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt this product; the timing and results of customer-industry qualification and certification of our products; and, the timing, pricing, rescheduling, or cancellation of significant customer orders for our Galileo Horizon GT-96122 and GT-96132 WAN communications controller products.
For other factors that could cause the Company's results to vary from expectations, please see the 'Risk Factors' section of Marvell's Registration Statement on Form S-1 relating to the Company's initial public offering and the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 27, 2000.
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