Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is an American producer of storage, communications and consumer semiconductor products.
Founded in 1995, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has operations worldwide and approximately 5,700 employees. Marvell’s U.S. operating subsidiary is based in Santa Clara, California and Marvell has international design centers located in the U.S., Europe, Israel, India, Singapore and China. A leading fabless semiconductor company, Marvell ships over one billion chips a year. Marvell’s expertise in microprocessor architecture and digital signal processing, drives multiple platforms including high volume storage solutions, mobile and wireless, networking, consumer and green products.[edit]
History
XScale
On June 27, 2006, the sale of Intel's XScale assets was announced. Intel agreed to sell the XScale business to Marvell for an estimatedUSD 600 million in cash and the assumption of unspecified liabilities. The acquisition was completed on November 9, 2006.[1]
Controversy
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In October 2006, Marvell was criticized for failing to publicly provide specifications of their hardware in enough detail to support their wireless devices in the One Laptop Per Child program. Marvell was criticised by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation and Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD.[2]
In 2009 Marvell announced that the SheevaPlug, a small, competitive, low-power, SoC-based ARM architecture computer, would be released with full schematics.[3][4][5][6][clarification needed]
Consumer design wins
Acquisitions
Through the years, Marvell has acquired smaller companies to enter new markets.
| Date | Acquired company | Expertise | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2000 | Galileo Technology | Ethernet switches, system controllers | $2700M in stock[citation needed] |
| June 2002 | SysKonnect | PC networking[citation needed] | |
| February 2003 | RADLAN | Embedded networking software | $49.7M[citation needed] |
| August 2005 | Hard disk controller division of Qlogic | $180M in cash + $45M in stock[citation needed] | |
| December 2005 | SOC division of UTStarcom | $24M in cash[citation needed] | |
| February 2006 | Printer ASIC business of Avago | $240M in cash[citation needed] | |
| February 2006 | Xscale product line from Intel | Communications processors and SOCs | $600M in cash[citation needed] |
| January 2008 | PicoMobile Networks | Communication software for IWLAN and IMS[citation needed] | |
| August 2010 | Diseno de Sistemas en Silicio S.A. ("DS2") | Spanish company, PLC communication ICs [8] |
Marvell Mobile Hotspot
Marvell Mobile Hotspot (MMH) is an in-car Wi-Fi connectivity. The 2010 Audi A8 is the first automobile in the market to feature a factory-installed MMH.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "Marvell buys Intel's handheld processor unit for $600 million". Eet.com. 2006-06-27. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ Matzan, Jem (2006-10-09). "Making sense of the One Laptop Per Child proprietary software row". The Jem Report. Retrieved 2007-01-21.
- ^ http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS9634061300.html
- ^ "Documentation". Plugcomputer.org. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ Clark, Don (February 23, 2009). "Marvell Bets on 'Plug Computers'". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "iPhone 1st Gen Teardown". Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ http://investor.marvell.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=120802&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1461502
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