CARY, N.C. & SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- LVL7 Systems, a network processing software company that accelerates the development of network infrastructure equipment and Marvell(R) (NASDAQ: MRVL), a technology leader in the development of extreme broadband communications solutions, continued the push of Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop and the development of advanced metropolitan Ethernet and MPLS switches by today introducing a turnkey, production-ready platform. The combination of Marvell's Prestera(TM) architecture and LVL7's FASTPATH software enables system manufacturers to shorten their time-to-market, while still providing their end-customers with a powerful and feature-rich architecture. "We are excited by the rapid adoption and industry momentum behind the Prestera architecture by our customers and software partners," said Gary Smerdon, Marvell's vice president of marketing for the Communications Business Group. "Through the use of LVL7's FASTPATH software, system designers can significantly shorten the software development and test cycles for high-quality Gigabit Ethernet enterprise and metro systems." Marvell Technology Group Ltd. LVL7 Systems Inc.