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Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD) is investing $2 billion in Marvell Technology as part of a strategic partnership aimed at expanding its AI infrastructure ecosystem, the company announced on Tuesday.
The collaboration will connect Marvell to Nvidia’s AI factory and AI‑RAN ecosystem through Nvidia NVLink Fusion, a rack-scale platform for developing semi-custom AI compute environments.
Under the agreement, Marvell will provide custom XPUs and NVLink Fusion-compatible networking solutions, while Nvidia will supply supporting technologies, including Vera CPUs, ConnectX network interface cards, Bluefield data processing units, NVLink interconnects, Spectrum‑X switches, and rack-scale AI compute platforms.
The companies also plan to collaborate on silicon photonics technology and advance AI-driven telecommunications infrastructure using Nvidia Aerial AI‑RAN for 5G and 6G networks.
“The inference inflection has arrived. Token generation demand is surging, and the world is racing to build AI factories,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said. “Together with Marvell, we are enabling customers to leverage NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure ecosystem and scale to build specialized AI compute.”
Marvell Chairman and CEO Matt Murphy added that the deal reflects the “growing importance of high-speed connectivity, optical interconnect, and accelerated infrastructure in scaling AI.”
Analysts at Wedbush noted that while the partnership involves NVLink, AI‑RAN, and core technologies such as optical networking and silicon photonics, it is not clear which technology is the primary driver for Nvidia. “
It is uncertain whether any single technology is the key motivator for Nvidia in this collaboration,” Wedbush wrote.
The firm also emphasized the importance of Nvidia’s investment for Marvell. “We expect that Marvell is motivated to consummate this partnership given Nvidia’s $2 billion investment, regardless of the direct technical or operational benefits,” Wedbush added, highlighting the financial commitment as a major factor behind the deal.
Shares of Nvidia traded up 3% on the announcement, while Marvell stock jumped more than 7% to $94.