Marvel Intros 10-GigE Switch

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Marvell(R) (NASDAQ: MRVL), a technology leader in the development of extreme broadband communications and storage solutions, today announced the release of its Prestera(TM)-98EX135, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) packet processor with advanced routing and security capabilities. The latest addition to Marvell's technology proven Prestera product family will target enterprise aggregation switching applications with improved scalability capabilities required by today's system manufacturers for building stackable and chassis based multi-layer switches. When combined with the Company's market-leading Alaska(R)-X physical layer solutions, the Prestera-98EX135 is capable of supporting all commercially available 10 GbE Interfaces.

The Prestera-98EX135 device offers the industry's best routing capacity, advanced link aggregation features, extensive traffic classification and Policy Control Lists (PCL) for traffic filtering. The routing capabilities have been extended to 256,000 subnets for better scalability, allowing customers to deploy Prestera solutions across the network, from the wiring closet through the backbone. New security and reliability features are supported, such as PCL for classification, filtering and policing network flows with assigned priorities and allocated bandwidth for efficient network management.

"The new Prestera-EX switch achieves a new level of system integration ensuring that this industry leading switch architecture remains both feature rich and cost effective," stated, Paul Valentine, Marvell's Product Director for Prestera Switches. "This new switch meets the market's demand for advanced scalability, security and reliability. Customers have already begun to deploy the product."

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.