Posts Tagged 'ESG'
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July 15, 2025
Sustainable Computing With CXL: How Marvell Structera X Can Help Eliminate Waste, Expand Capacity, Lower Emissions
By Khurram Malik, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Marvell
As AI, cloud computing, and high-performance workloads continue to grow rapidly, data centers are accelerating their infrastructure upgrades. Central to this transformation is the migration to DDR5 memory, designed to meet the increasing demands for bandwidth and speed in servers.
This shift, however, comes with a significant challenge: millions of fully functional DDR4 memory modules, the dominant memory inside today’s servers, could be retired prematurely. This is not because of a performance failure. DDR4 memory modules can operate for a decade or longer. Instead, it is because the latest generation of server CPUs only support DDR5 memory. Put another way, when hyperscalers replace their current servers with DDR5 modules over the coming years, they will be potentially throwing away billions of GBs of fully functional DDR4 memory if they can’t find ways to use them.
The result is a looming e-waste problem and an environmental impact that cannot be ignored. Up to 66 billion kilograms of CO₂ emissions—approximately the same amount that would be generated by 168 billion miles of driving1-- and thousands of tons of e-waste can be avoided by giving DDR4 a second life. Marvell® CXL Structera™ X presents a powerful solution by extending the life of DDR4 memory, enabling data centers to reuse these existing assets, reduce capital expenditures, and minimize their carbon footprint—all while improving the performance footprint of their infrastructure.
Marvell CXL Structera X: A Pathway for More Memory
Released last year, Marvell Structera CXL devices effectively allow cloud operators and system designers to add extra memory, memory bandwidth, and/or computing cores to servers by transforming an open PCIe interface into a memory channel. A first-of-its kind device, the Structera A memory accelerator provides a path for adding up to 16 server CPU cores, 200Gb of memory bandwidth and 4TB of memory for offloading the processing of deep learning recommendation models (DLRM) and other tasks for CPUs.
Structera X, meanwhile, focuses on maximizing capacity. A single Structera X 2404 is capable of supporting up to 12 DDR4 additional DIMMs, or 6TB memory capacity without compression, or up to 12TB with LZ4 inline compression in a single one- or two-processor server. It is also the first CXL device to be compatible with both DDR4 or DDR5. As a result, Structera X becomes a conduit for recycling DDR4. The diagram shows more:
Financially, reusing memory is a boon. July 2025 spot prices for 96GB DIMMs of DDR5 memory range from $458 to $488.2 Repurposing TBs of otherwise-to-be-discarded DDR4 instead of buying new DDR5 means thousands of dollars saved per CXL-enhanced server.
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December 18, 2023
Sustainability as an Opportunity for Semiconductor Product Innovation
By Alua Suleimenova, ESG Program Manager, Marvell
The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 taking place this year in Dubai has brought technology under the sustainability spotlight. In an era of rapid technological advancement, digitalization and proliferation of AI, environmental impacts of technology cannot be overlooked. The semiconductor industry is now at a unique juncture: the global demand for semiconductor products is growing rapidly alongside increasing pressure to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Reducing emissions from semiconductor product manufacturing remains the most effective and preferred response measure to climate change for many companies. At the same time, addressing upstream climate impacts alone would not represent a comprehensive picture. Semiconductor companies are increasingly embracing sustainable product design and prioritize power reduction both intrinsically in the products themselves and extrinsically - by collaborating with their customers around energy efficiency in the data infrastructure systems in which the semiconductor products are deployed.
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February 08, 2023
Marvell’s Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity
By Rebecca O'Neill, Global Head of ESG, Marvell
Marvell is committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and engaging workplace to fully leverage the perspectives and contributions of every individual at the company. We strive to create an environment where people feel fulfilled, inspired, and motivated to learn and grow, personally and professionally.
What Inclusion and Diversity Means to Marvell
Inclusion means focusing on respect, acceptance, and the ability to appreciate a culture-add approach where we can all bring our full authentic selves to work, every day.To us, diversity means valuing differences. We value the unique perspectives and experiences of every employee. It is this uniqueness that every employee brings to the company, which is powerful and provides us with a competitive advantage.
Our Strategy
We have developed a strategy focused on four Inclusion & Diversity business outcomes:
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January 27, 2023
Supporting Our Communities
By Rebecca O'Neill, Global Head of ESG, Marvell and Sandy Rodriguez, Sr. Compliance Analyst, Marvell
At Marvell, we are committed to giving back to the communities where we live and work. Our community engagement focuses on three key pillars:
- Humanitarian endeavors supporting organizations that combat hunger, poverty and homelessness
- Investing in innovative K–12 educational programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)
- Championing community projects or initiatives to enrich the lives of our neighbors
The company will also match employee donations up to $500 per calendar year when an employee makes a donation to a nonprofit aligned with our philanthropic pillars. In addition, we launched a volunteer time off program, offering employees up to three days or 24 hours of paid time off per year to volunteer for causes they care about and support organizations working in our pillar areas. We aim to have at least 20% of our employees participate in our volunteer time off and employee match programs. Both of these endeavors are offered globally.
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September 21, 2022
Doing our Part to Address Climate Change
By Rebecca O'Neill, Global Head of ESG, Marvell
Today is Zero Emissions Day, which was started to raise awareness of the need to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Here at Marvell, we recognize that climate change represents an unprecedented challenge to our planet, society and economy. That’s why we are enhancing our climate strategy by setting a Science-Based Target (SBT) and putting ourselves on a path to net zero carbon emissions. Our SBT will be aligned with a 1.5°C climate scenario, supporting the goals of the Paris Agreement which is aimed at reducing the worst of climate change.
Our new ESG Report provides a snapshot of our company’s greenhouse gas emissions:
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