Marvell Wins Interconnect Product of the Year for Ara 3nm 1.6T PAM4 DSP

In the Product of the Year Awards, Electronic Design News (EDN) named Marvell as the winner of the Interconnects category for its 3nm 1.6T PAM4 Interconnect Platform, known as Ara. Ara is the industry’s first 3nm PAM4 DSP specializing in bandwidth, power efficiency and integration for AI and data center scale-out accelerated infrastructure.

These awards are a 50-year tradition that recognizes outstanding products that demonstrate significant technological advancement, especially innovative design, or a substantial improvement in price or performance. Over 100 products were evaluated spanning 13 categories to determine the winners.

The Ara 3nm 1.6T PAM4 DSP integrates eight 200G electrical lanes and eight 200G optical lanes in a compact, standardized module form factor. Ara sets a new standard in optical interconnect technology, integrating advanced laser drivers and signal processing into a singular device, thereby reducing power per bit. With the product, system design is simplified across entire AI data center network stacks. Power consumption is also reduced, enabling denser optical connectivity and faster deployment of AI clusters.

Ara has also received other recognitions, demonstrating Marvell leadership in optical DSPs and the interconnect realm. 

For a demonstration of Ara, see the short video below: