Marvell announces the industry's most complete 802.11ax wireless product line

     Marvell Corporation, a leader in semiconductor solutions for storage, networking and connectivity, announced the industry's most complete 802.11ax wireless portfolio. Marvell's new 802.11ax product family is architecture-driven to deliver breakthrough performance and increased network efficiency, along with low latency and enterprise-class reliability. Marvell is the first in the industry to provide complete MU-MIMO and OFDMA uplink and downlink based on the latest IEEE802.11ax standard, which will help meet the real-time cloud-based needs of high-end users such as next-generation content upload.

     With the need to support a rapidly growing number of connected devices, HD streaming video, social media, and various cloud applications, network bandwidth has become extremely tight, making it increasingly difficult to provide consistent performance and reliability. By 2022, the average home will have about 50 connected devices. To better support the multiple user needs that are driving emerging high-end applications such as virtual and augmented reality, real-time streaming, and smart cities, major technological changes are needed.

     Marvell believes that the newly announced 802.11ax standard will bring significant improvements to wireless networking while maintaining full backward compatibility. The new standards can significantly improve the performance and reliability of networks of densely deployed and crowded public Spaces such as airports, stadiums and shopping malls. The new Marvell wireless SoC offers complete MU-MIMO and OFDMA uplink and downlink, multi-gigabit peak speeds, precise positioning, cloud management, best-in-class beamforming, and integrated Bluetooth @5, making it the industry's most complete 802.11ax solution.

     MarkMontierth, vice president and general manager of Marvell's Wireless Connectivity business group, said: "To meet the rapidly growing bandwidth and quality demands of markets such as the modern home, enterprise and connected car, Wi-Fi technology must be able to scale significantly. MarvelI has made significant contributions to the 802.11ax specification and now offers the industry's most complete set of features and highest performance in the 802.11ax family. "Our new 802.11ax family delivers consistent performance and offers customers unprecedented solution flexibility, precision positioning, and integrated advanced technologies such as Bluetooth 5."

     "Linksys is a leader and trailblazer in building Wi-Fi products for consumer and small businesses, and we are very excited about the 802.11ax solution announced by MarvelI," said EuChongSon, Vice president of Research and Development at Linksys. "User behavior continues to evolve, and we welcome this technological innovation from Marvell, which will allow us to stay one step ahead in developing solutions and products that ultimately deliver an enjoyable experience for our customers."

     AndrewZignani, senior analyst at ABIResearch, commented: "Future market users demand smarter, faster and higher-bandwidth wireless systems, which will drive the market to scale bandwidth quickly and seamlessly without compromising security, performance and latency. Whether it's cloud, social media, machine learning, 5G or in-vehicle networking, 802.11ax solutions like Marvel's new portfolio will help enterprises optimize and improve network efficiency as they make the next generation of wireless technology transitions.