Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) says that it has now shipped more than 100,000 400G coherent DSPs. The shipments include both the company’s 7-nm Canopus devices for 400G ZR/ZR+ optical modules and Deneb DSPs for OpenZR+ and OpenROADM applications.
Marvell says the 400G coherent DSPs have found homes in optical transceivers in a variety of form factors, including QSFP-DD, OSFP, and CFP2. Some of these optical modules Marvell (or Inphi, which it acquired in April 2021) has designed themselves (see, for example, “Inphi COLORZ II 400ZR Pluggable Transceiver”).
"We are proud to see our vision of open pluggability everywhere come to life. This milestone is a testament to Marvell's leadership in delivering on our core values of performance innovation at the lowest power to drive mass deployment of 400G coherent pluggables," commented Pranay Aiya, vice president, product marketing and customer applications engineering at Marvell. "We are thankful to our team, customers, and partners for helping us execute on this mission of industry firsts!"
"This milestone clearly demonstrates Marvell's successful leadership in creating and growing a complete 400Gbps pluggable ecosystem for coherent DSPs," said Scott Wilkinson, lead analyst for optical components at Cignal AI, via a Marvell press release. "Marvell's abilities as a module vendor, supplier to other 400Gbps module vendors, and direct supplier to equipment manufacturers uniquely positions the company as a leading supplier of 400-Gbps-capable pluggable optics."
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