PHY transceivers, high speed line cards and AEC DSPs
The Alaska® portfolio of PHY transceivers, high-speed line cards and DSPs for active electrical cables (AECs) offers optimized form factors, multiple port and cable options, efficient power consumption and simple plug-and-play functionality.
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Ethernet PHYs
Marvell continuously delivers the most advanced and complete PHY products to the infrastructure market. Marvell’s transceivers are utilized for a wide array of enterprise, carrier, small medium business, industrial and cloud data center applications.
- Fast & Gigabit Ethernet
- Multi-gigabit Ethernet
- High Speed Line Cards
- AEC DSP
Alaska F and Alaska G
Fast and Gigabit Ethernet
The Alaska® F and Alaska G families of Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet physical layer (PHY) transceivers are built on Marvell’s legacy of unique, best-in-class features that enable customers to expand their Ethernet applications. With efficient design and a high level of integration, Alaska F and Alaska G PHY devices offer low power dissipation, small form factors, high performance and advanced feature sets.
Alaska F octal-port devices lead the industry with the lowest power consumption, resulting in reduced fan requirements, while the Alaska G devices allow thermal-efficient packages for fanless, heat sink-less designs. Both PHY families feature Marvell’s Virtual Cable Tester® (VCT) technology, allowing IT managers and networking equipment manufacturers to remotely analyze the quality and attributes of the cable, avoiding unnecessary equipment returns and on-site service calls.
- Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) IEEE 802.3az for all supported data rates
- Integrated Marvell Virtual Cable Tester® (VCT) technology
- Minimum 170-meter reach at 1 Gbps
- 500-meter reach at 100 Mbps
- MACsec (IEEE 802.1ae)
- IEEE 1588v2 supporting 1-Step and 2-Step PTP
- SyncE
Alaska F 301x
Integrated 10/100 Fast Ethernet Transceiver - Additional MII Support
Alaska G 1512
10/100/1000 BASE-T PHY, Single Port, EEE, RGMII/SGMII to Cu/Fiber/SGMII Transceiver
Alaska G 1510/1518
10/100/1000 BASE-T PHY, Single Port, EEE, RGMII to Cu Transceiver
Alaska G 1548/48P
10/100/1000 BASE-T PHY, Quad Port, PTPv2, SGMII/QSGMII to Cu/Fiber Transceiver
Alaska G 1781
Octal 10/100/1000 Mbps Energy Efficient Ethernet Transceiver with Time-Sensitive Networking Support
Alaska M
Multi-gigabit Ethernet
The Alaska M family of 2.5G, 5G and 10G PHY devices is designed to enable enterprises to migrate to mGig Ethernet networking infrastructure quickly and cost-effectively. Alaska M PHY devices offer high performance, design simplicity and extremely low power dissipation, while supporting Category 5e, 6 and 6A type cables for distances up to 100 meters.
Compatible with the NBASE-T Alliance specification for 2.5G and 5G data rate over Cat 5e cables, Alaska M devices use DSP technology to enable the repurposing of low-cost CAT 5e Ethernet cables for data rates as high as 5 Gbps, supplanting the use of optical technology for applications such as Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 6/E access point backhaul, switches, servers, workstations and high-end PCs.
The Alaska M 10G PHY devices enable broad-based market adoption of 10 GbE network connectivity over Cat 6A cabling, supporting the roll-out of Wi-Fi 7 and networking infrastructure modernization. Alaska M 10G devices boast the industry’s lowest power, highest performance and smallest form factor in their category and integrate features such as Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE), PTP/1588v2, SyncE, MACsec, and support for all PoE standards up to 100W.
- Multi-rate connectivity: 10 Gbps / 5 Gbps / 2.5 Gbps / 1 Gbps /100 Mbps
- Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Wi-Fi-6/E (802.11ax) and Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) access point backhaul
- Compliant with NBASE-T Alliance specifications for 2.5G and 5G modes
- Superior EMI mitigation: Fast Retrain and Common Mode Sense
- Auto Media Detect allows one device to act as an Optical (SFI) or Base-T PHY
- 10Base-T legacy support
- Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
- Marvell Virtual Cable Tester® (VCT) technology
- MACsec (IEEE 802.1ae) with full support for AES-256 and stand-alone operation
Alaska M 2010/40
A single-port, 5-speed mGig5G, 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G PHY data rates on UTP copper lines
Alaska M 3340P/3310P
10 GbE, Quad_Single Port mGig10G, 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G PHY, PTP, EEE, RXAUI/XFI/XGMII to Cu
Alaska M 3610
Single-port, 6-speed PHY operating at 10M, 100M, 1G, 2.5G, 5G and 10G data rates, USXGMII/XFI to Cu transceiver with PTP and MACsec support (P/N: MV-CUX3610, MV-CUX3610M)
Alaska M 113C
Single Port Copper mGig10G, 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G PHY with MACsec support
Alaska M 2540
A quad-port, 5-speed mGig5G, 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G PHY data rates over Cat5e cables
Alaska M 3540
A quad-port, 6-speed mGig10G, 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G PHY data rates, MP-USXGMII/XFI to Cu Transceiver
Alaska M 2580
Octal-port, 5-speed PHY operating at 10M, 100M, 1000M, 2.5G, 5G data rates, MP-USXGMII/XFI to Cu Transceiver with PTP support
Alaska M 2180/10
An octal-port mGig5G, 10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G PHY Ethernet Transceiver compatible with both IEEE 802.3bz standard and NBASE-T Alliance specification for 2.5 Gbps and 5 Gbps operation over Cat5e cables
Alaska M 3580
Octal-port, 6-speed PHY operating at 10M, 100M, 1000M, 2.5G, 5G, 10G data rates, MP-USXGMII/XFI to Cu Transceiver with PTP support
Alaska C
High-speed Line Cards
The Alaska C family of Ethernet transceivers are designed for high-speed 400 GbE, 200 GbE, 100 GbE, 50 GbE and 25 GbE line card applications and feature the industry’s lowest power, highest performance and smallest form factor.
Alaska C devices incorporate the industry’s highest performance 25G NRZ, 56G and 112G PAM4 SerDes technology to support full-duplex transmission over a variety of media including optics, passive direct attach cables and copper backplanes. The family includes transceivers that support IEEE 802.1AE 256-bit MACsec encryption and highly accurate IEEE 1588 PTP timestamping. This comprehensive and innovative feature set enables network equipment manufacturers to deliver systems with increased throughput, enhanced security and timing precision for hyperscale data center, edge, enterprise and 5G infrastructure applications.
- Support for Ethernet speeds from 1 Gbps to 400 Gbps
- 25G NRZ and 56G & 112G PAM4 Long Reach SerDes that exceed IEEE-specified performance requirements
- Support for gearboxing between NRZ and PAM4 modes of operation, with FEC termination and regeneration
- MACsec (IEEE 802.1ae) with full support for AES-256
- IEEE 1588v2 timestamping that exceeds Class C accuracy requirements
Alaska C 9340P
Dual 800GbE Retimer DSP PSM-4, Gearbox, MACsec and PTP Ethernet PHY with 100G serial I/Os at 1.6T capacity
Alaska C 93160
Dual 800GbE Retimer/Gearbox with 100G serial I/Os and passive DAC and Backplane drive capability
Alaska C 7121P
Dual 400G, Quad 200G, Octal 100G, 16 port 50G/25G/10G/1G Ethernet Transceiver with 256-bit MACsec Encryption and Class C PTP Timestamping
Alaska C 7120
Dual 400G Ethernet Retimer, Quad 200G, Octal 10G, 16 port 50G/25G PHY/Retimer
Alaska C 5243P
Quad 100G, 16 port 25G/10G/1G Ethernet Transceiver with 256 bit MACSec Encryption and Class C PTP Timestamping
Alaska C 5123
Dual Port 100GbE/40GbE, Quad Port 50GbE, Octal Port 25GbE/10GbE/1GbE PHY/Retimer compliant to IEEE 802.3bj, IEEE 802.3by, IEEE 802.3ba and 25G Ethernet consortium specifications
Alaska C 5121
Dual 100 Gbps Ethernet Transceiver with integrated FEC for Copper Cable and Backplane Drive Capability
Alaska C 5113
Integrated 40GbE to 25GbE Gearbox, Quad 25G Ethernet Transceiver with Copper Cable and Backplane Drive Capability
Alaska C 5111
Integrated 100 Gbps Ethernet/MLG Gearbox with integrated FEC for Copper Cable and Backplane Drive Capability
Alaska A
AEC DSP
The Alaska A PAM4 DSP product family is designed for retimer functionality in active electrical cables (AEC). The Alaska A products are optimized for multiple short-reach copper interconnects within data center racks, including AI accelerator-board connections, server to top-of-rack links and switch-to-switch links. With the ability to extend copper reach to > 3 meters at 200G I/O speeds, the Alaska A 1.6T is optimized for the next wave of large language model (LLM) infrastructure.
- Support for both Ethernet and InfiniBand applications
- Support for >40dB Loss
- Enables thinner and longer reach cable
- Significant margin to IEEE (e.g. 802.3ck) and CEI Standards for 100G and 50G PAM4 operation
- Support for IEEE Auto Negotiation and Training protocol
- Comprehensive test and debug capabilities
Alaska A 1.6T
An 1.6T (8x200G) retimer optimized for 1.6T AEC cables in QSFP-DD and OSFP form factors. Supports both Ethernet and InfiniBand applications. (P/N: MV-CHA1600NV)
Alaska A 800G
An 800G (8x100G) retimer optimized for 800G AEC cables in QSFP-DD and OSFP form factors. Supports both Ethernet and InfiniBand applications. (P/N: MV-CHA180C0C)
Alaska A 400G
An 400G (4x100G) retimer optimized for 800G/400G AEC cables in QSFP-DD and OSFP form factors. Supports both Ethernet and InfiniBand applications. (P/N: MV-CHA140C0C)
Legacy Products
Marvell's collection of ethernet PHY legacy products offer solutions for enteprise, carrier, small-medium business, industrial and cloud data center applications.
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