The Circuit

Episode 97: Accellerated Infrastructure - Marvell Analyst Day, Broadcomm Earnings - Infra!!

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Dec 13, 2024
This discussion dives into accelerated infrastructure and its pivotal role in modern data centers. The hosts analyze Marvell's strategic moves in light of AI advancements and the competition with Broadcom. Highlights include the significance of custom High Bandwidth Memory in enhancing performance and a focus on the shift from training to inference workloads. They also cover Broadcom's stock surge driven by AI optimism and the growing necessity of effective networking in a rapidly evolving semiconductor landscape.
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Accelerated Infrastructure

  • Marvell emphasizes "accelerated infrastructure" in data centers, focusing on optimizing the entire system.
  • This approach considers acceleration beyond just compute workloads, encompassing networking, memory, and the entire rack infrastructure.
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Data Center Evolution

  • Marvell understands the evolving data center landscape, shifting from racks to rows of compute systems.
  • This new architecture prioritizes full compute systems within a rack, enhancing computational power and requiring high-throughput networking like optical.
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Custom HBM Advantages

  • Marvell's custom HBM solution offers significant advantages, including lower power consumption, increased silicon area, and more HBM stacks.
  • This allows for greater performance and memory capacity in AI silicon, potentially differentiating Marvell from competitors like Broadcom.
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