Technology is transforming how we live and work. Marvell and Arm are at the forefront of this change.
To help, Arm has made a significant investment in the Arm 5G Solutions Lab. The lab focuses on accelerating innovation for network infrastructure by providing a place for Arm's hardware and software ecosystem partners to come together and demonstrate end-to-end solutions in a live test environment.
From small cells to private networks, the Arm 5G Solutions Lab provides secure access to hardware, software, and other technology from across the Arm ecosystem to help develop solutions for different 5G use cases.
Marvell and Arm have already collaborated in the 5G Solutions Lab. Marvell was the first major silicon vendor to support Arm on a 5G initiative unveiled when Arm launched the lab in late 2021.
One of the first fruits of this collaboration is Marvell’s 5G Open RAN platform. Marvell’s Octeon Fusion processor integrates 5G in-line acceleration with Arm Neoverse CPUs and is the foundation for Marvell’s Open RAN DU reference design.
Arm Neoverse CPUs are in a family of processor intellectual property (IP) and complementary technologies. Neoverse increases the performance and output of 5G infrastructure, while helping to keep equipment and energy costs low.
This gives Marvell the opportunity to help its customers integrate 5G into their operations.
Watch Joel Brand from Marvell explain Marvell's Open vRAN and the Arm 5G Solutions Lab.
As new tech trends gather pace, there’s going to be an increasingly stronger focus on minimizing power consumption and improving heat dissipation to contribute toward climate goals and to improve efficiency.
Given its ubiquity, digital infrastructure is one of the most important means of combating climate change. Edge-based services, for instance, help reduce power and water consumption from factories, commercial buildings, and homes.
Furthermore, technologies such as AI and machine learning, are set to help increase the overall efficiency and lifespan of equipment and appliances, as well as boost their life span. Efficiency-improving initiatives also have been extended to most high-performance devices, ranging from electric vehicles to supercomputers.
Arm has invested heavily and worked hard to decarbonize computing power by harnessing our expertise in low-power processing to maximize performance per watt.
The next two generations of our highest-performance CPUs are on track to deliver performance gains of up to 30 percent, while keeping energy use flat.
As a result, Arm's energy-efficient processor designs and software platforms are enabling a wide range of 5G innovations, from the sensor to the smartphone, the supercomputer, and beyond.
For instance, delivering three-times improved performance and four-times improved performance per watt than its predecessor, Marvell's Octeon 10 Digital Processing Unit, based on Arm Neoverse N2, is set to bring leading performance to 5G and edge applications.
The automotive industry is undergoing rapid changes in the development of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) technologies.
Notably, 90 percent of suppliers surveyed said they were reshaping their portfolios to emphasize e-motor technologies and battery innovations in a survey conducted last year by McKinsey and the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA). Survey respondents said they were de-emphasizing body exterior systems, suspensions, wheels, and engine systems, and unsurprisingly we are seeing the emergence of software-defined vehicles.
In short, manufacturers today are looking at vehicles as computing platforms. They want to be able to introduce software updates so customers can upgrade their vehicles with new features and functions at the touch of a button.
This move from hardware-defined to software-defined vehicles demands new services and solutions for automakers so they can deliver upgrades and new features over-the-air (OTA).
A car today already has a hundred million lines of code, which is more than a Boeing 737 airplane. It’ll be five times that by the time we see fully autonomous vehicles.
While the auto industry offers tremendous opportunities, Marvell customers have to develop software before the company can get to market with the product.
This is why Arm has developed Fast Models with the following capabilities:
Accurate, flexible programmer's view models of Arm IP, allowing you to develop software such as drivers, firmware, OS, and applications, prior to silicon availability.
Full control over the simulation, including profiling, debug, and trace.
