10 Facts About Marvell Semiconductor

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Marvell Semiconductor was founded in 1995 by Dr Sehat Sutardja, his wife Weili Dai, and brother Pantas Sutardja.

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In July 2016, Marvell Semiconductor appointed Matt Murphy as its new President and CEO.

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3.

Marvell Semiconductor offered Customer Specific Standard Product, where customer accelerators and interefaces could be integrated directly into Marvell Semiconductor's Octeon processors.

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4.

Marvell Semiconductor's security-related products include their LiquidSecurity HSM Adapters and NITROX Cryptographic Offload Engines.

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5.

Marvell Semiconductor's products include SSD Controllers, HDD Controllers, HDD Preamplifiers, Storage Accelerators, and QLogic Fibre Channel Adapters and Controllers.

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6.

Marvell Semiconductor supplied the Wi-Fi chip for the original Apple iPhone.

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7.

Marvell Semiconductor restated its financial results, and stated that Dai will no longer be executive vice president, chief operating officer, and a director but continue with the company in a non-management position.

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8.

Marvell Semiconductor agreed to pay a $10 million fine in 2008, but did not fire Dai nor replace Sutardja as chairman as stated by the investigating committee.

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9.

In December 2012, a Pittsburgh jury ruled that Marvell Semiconductor had infringed two patents by incorporating hard disk technology developed and owned by Carnegie Mellon University without a license.

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10.

Post-trial hearings were scheduled for May 2013 and Marvell Semiconductor reported to be considering an appeal in the interim.

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