Marvell Technology, Inc., a leading provider of data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, unveiled its Golden Cable initiative, a strategic program designed to expand the active electrical cable (AEC) ecosystem and accelerate time-to-market for hyperscaler AI deployments. The initiative offers a complete package, combining industry-leading software, validated reference designs, and comprehensive support to help ecosystem partners rapidly design and deploy AEC solutions that meet demanding hyperscaler requirements.
The Golden Cable initiative arrives at a critical moment as hyperscalers rapidly re-architect and scale their networks to manage the growing volume of AI workloads efficiently. As rack densities rise and bandwidth requirements increase, short-reach copper connections powered by AECs play a vital role in maintaining high performance while offering lower costs and reduced power consumption compared to alternative solutions. However, integrating AECs demands precise engineering and sophisticated software to achieve the performance, reliability, and predictability that hyperscalers require.
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Marvell’s program provides a validated cable architecture tested across leading platforms, advanced firmware, and calibration data to simplify integration and ensure interoperability. Its open approach allows partners to scale production quickly while retaining design flexibility. Additionally, it enables product differentiation, permitting customers to incorporate proprietary IP for custom features such as cable gauges, bend radius, and reach.
“As AI infrastructure scales at an unprecedented pace, the need for open, high-performance AEC interconnect solutions has never been more critical,” said Xi Wang, senior vice president and general manager of the Connectivity Business Unit at Marvell. “The Golden Cable initiative empowers ecosystem partners to quickly innovate, iterate and differentiate, delivering validated architectures, advanced firmware and design flexibility that will shape the next generation of hyperscaler AI deployments.”
Joseph Wang, CTO at Foxconn Interconnect Technology, added, “Marvell is helping the industry expedite both design and manufacturing, enabling faster time-to-market and higher reliability for our AEC offerings. Through the Golden Cable initiative, we completed our first design in just two months. By working with Marvell on validated architectures, advanced firmware and an open design approach, we can help customers quickly accelerate to 1.6T connectivity while efficiently scaling AI data center infrastructure.”
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Vito Chen, GM of the Electrical Connectivity Product Line at Luxshare Technology Co., Ltd., noted, “Current and future AI architectures increasingly prioritize high-density compute scaling, which drives substantial demand for in-rack and short-reach inter-rack connectivity. Thanks to the Marvell Golden Cable initiative together with Luxshare Tech’s Optamax high-performance bulk cable, end customers can accelerate the deployment and adoption of AEC technology, ultimately enhancing the competitiveness of their AI models.”
Industry analyst Alan Weckel, co-founder of 650 Group, emphasized, “AECs are emerging as one of the fastest-growing segments in scale-up and scale-out interconnects, especially for the short- to mid-range connections (2-9 meters) inside and between racks. The AEC market is projected to grow from $644 million in 2025 to $1.4 billion by 2029, driven by the shift to 1.6T networking and the expansion of AI clusters, and Marvell is providing some of the core technology that will support this growth.”
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