07-16-2012, 12:20 PM
Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) and Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC), global leaders in storage technology has announced that the two companies have achieved a significant milestone in their decade-long business relationship with WD having shipped more than one billion hard disk drives with Marvell chips. From 2001 through 2008, Marvell's cumulative shipments to WD were more than 400 million units. However, from 2008 to 2012, to date, Marvell's shipments to WD have increased significantly, now totaling over one billion units since 2001.
The WD-Marvell relationship has evolved from discrete read channel and controller solutions in PATA drives to highly integrated SATA- and SAS-based SoCs. Marvell is now shipping its 8th generation SATA SoC solution to WD including innovations such as LDPC.
The WD-Marvell relationship has evolved from discrete read channel and controller solutions in PATA drives to highly integrated SATA- and SAS-based SoCs. Marvell is now shipping its 8th generation SATA SoC solution to WD including innovations such as LDPC.