April 3, 2007
Sun Microsystems, Inc., (NASDAQ: SUNW) today
announced a far-reaching technology licensing agreement with Marvell (NASDAQ:
MRVL). Marvell will build and sell high-performance networking products based on
Sun Multithreaded 10 Gig E Networking Technology-the industry's first network
interface designed to optimize throughput between multithreaded processors and the
network-to enterprise server and OEM markets. Marvell will also build specific
products for Sun using this technology, which represents the highest throughput 10
Gig E technology available today.
Adoption by Marvell, a recognized pioneer in network connectivity, is a strong
endorsement of Sun's technology, designed to bridge the gap between the high
throughput of increasingly powerful multicore, multithreaded processors and 10
Gigabit-per-second networks via a multithreaded, high-performance network
interface. The agreement validates the newly formed Sun Microelectronics' charter
to drive innovation and adoption of Sun technology in networking, cryptography and
high-performance computing. It also affirms Sun's multithreaded, multicore
computing strategy-embodied in the Solaris operating system and all Sun's
SPARC- and x64-based systems-and is a key enabler to growing the industry
ecosystem to support datacenter virtualization and multithreaded computing over the
network.
Marvell will leverage the immense throughput and advanced capabilities of Sun's
technology to offer its customers true 10 Gig E throughput tuned for virtualization
and designed for optimal cost. Marvell and Sun are collaborating to further spur
innovation for upcoming generations of highly threaded Ethernet I/O in silicon,
which are expected to include 10GbaseT, 40 Gig E and eventually 100 Gig E
technology.
"Today's Internet-driven, media-rich communications are placing new throughput
demands on users and enterprises of all sizes," said Dr. David Yen, executive vice
president for Sun Microelectronics. "We are delighted to be working with Marvell,
which-as the producer of complete, integrated technology for a wide spectrum of
data and storage communications needs-brings important expertise and a proven track
record in meeting those demands and exceeding customer expectations."
"Our customers clearly understand the bottlenecks that occur at the 'on ramps' to
the network as multicore and multithreaded CPUs generate more network traffic,"
said David Young, vice president and general manager, Connectivity Business Unit,
Communications and Consumer Business Unit at Marvell. "Sun's architecture creates a
way to efficiently break those bottlenecks by multithreading the network interface
to increase throughput. Marvell's broad customer base in the communications and
storage markets will benefit from this innovative technology." |
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