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Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Revises its Q3 Fiscal 2007 Outlook

Santa Clara, California (October 2, 2006) –

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) today announced that it now anticipates that its net revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2007 will be down approximately 10% from the $574.0 million of net revenue reported for second quarter of fiscal 2007. 

The anticipated decline in net revenue is largely due to lower than expected demand from a number of the Company’s hard disk drive customers. The Company believes the shortfall of demand is primarily due to a combination of weaker than normal seasonal shipments in the personal computer market as well as excess inventory held by some of its significant storage customers.

Additionally, the Company also expects a significant increase in its general and administrative expenses in its third quarter of fiscal 2007 due to higher than expected costs related to its previously announced and ongoing internal review by a special committee of its Board of Directors relating to the Company’s historical stock option practices and related accounting matters. 

“Although we are disappointed to lower our revenue projections, we remain very confident with our growth strategies and our strong leadership position in our markets” stated Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Marvell’s President and CEO. “We view this decline in our revenues as a short term event and we remain focused on continuing to aggressively invest in our business and to expand the reach of our technology into a growing number of high volume markets.”

About Marvell

Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is the leader in storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions.  The Company’s diverse product portfolio includes switching, transceiver, communications controller, wireless, and storage solutions that power the entire communications infrastructure, including enterprise, metro, home, and storage networking.  As used in this release, the terms “Company” and “Marvell” refer to Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries, including Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. (MSI), Marvell Asia Pte Ltd  (MAPL), Marvell Japan K.K., Marvell Taiwan Ltd., Marvell International Ltd. (MIL), Marvell U.K. Limited, Marvell Semiconductor Israel Ltd. (MSIL), RADLAN Computer Communications Ltd., and SysKonnect GmbH.  MSI is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and designs, develops and markets products on behalf of MIL and MAPL.  MSI may be contacted at (408) 222-2500 or at www.marvell.com.

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