India, Jan. 19 -- Marvell Technology Inc., a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire XConn Technologies ("XConn"), a provider of advanced PCIe and CXL switching silicon.

The acquisition expands Marvell's switching portfolio by adding XConn's PCIe and CXL products and augments Marvell's Ultra Accelerator Link ("UALink") scale-up switch team, adding highly experienced engineering talent with deep domain expertise in high-performance switching.

As AI workloads scale, data center system design is evolving from single-rack deployments to larger, multi-rack configurations. These next-generation platforms increasingly require a high-bandwidth, ultra-low latency scale-up fabric s...