Date: 28/08/2009

Marvell's new 802.1 AVB compliant product- suite with Ethernet connectivity

Marvell has introduced a range of new product supporting IEEE 802.1 A/V Bridging (AVB) standards, which includes Marvell's link street gigabit ethernet switches 88E6350R/88E6350/88E6351, gigabit ethernet network interface controller (NIC) - the Yukon 88E8059, and Kirkwood SoC 88F6000 is designed for use in platforms including, switches, gateways, routers, PCs, NAS systems and consumer electronics devices with Ethernet connectivity. The AVB product family is designed to handle multimedia traffic for networking multichannel audio/video (A/V) over standardized Ethernet.

The Ethernet connectivity is designed to enable networked A/V equipment and connected PCs to access online content.

"One of the biggest problems in the home media industry is preserving sound and high definition video quality while moving media around the home," said Rob Enderle, Principal analyst for the Enderle Group. "This new AVB enabled equipment directly addresses this problem and, coupled with easy configuration ensures seamless content sharing across A/V and PC networks. It assures the delivery of high quality multimedia and time sensitive content that the home electronics market has long desired."

"We are thrilled to be the first to provide an end-to-end AVB solution and be part of the newly formed AVnu Alliance," said Ali Khan, Director of Marketing with the Communications and Computing Business Unit at Marvell. "We also congratulate AVnu for bringing industry wide collaboration together to support the years of standards development in the IEEE AVB committee. Marvell sees this as the next phase in the Ethernet evolution."

The Marvell Link Street 88E6350R is a 7-port gigabit ethernet switch integrating five triple speed 10/100/1000 PHYs and two RGMII ports. The 88E6350 supports GMII interfaces and RGMII. The 88E6351 is pin compatible to the 88E6350 and adds synchronous ethernet support.

The Yukon 88E8059, a 55nm gigabit ethernet LAN controller for Clients and Embedded systems. It is part of the Yukon LAN controller family of products found in the PC platforms.

The Kirkwood 88F6000 series of SoCs are designed with extensive I/O integration, low power consumption, and high performance for complex applications, such as digital home media servers. These SoCs allow direct integration of wireless chipsets, USB peripherals, VoIP devices, hard disks, and other components that are required for consumer electronics. The crossbar architecture ensures high system performance by minimizing data latency and provides equitable servicing of integrated interfaces.

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