Marvell Launches Industry’s First 260-lane PCIe 6.0 Switch for AI Data Center Scale-up Infrastructure
Marvell Structera S Delivers 2x the Lane Density of Competitive Offerings, Expanding Marvell End-to-End PCIe Product Portfolio and Redefining PCIe Scale-up Performance
As AI servers integrate increasing numbers of GPUs and accelerators, PCIe scale-up fabrics have become critical to maximizing compute density and resource utilization. Traditional switches require multiple devices to achieve scale, resulting in increased power, latency, board complexity and total cost of ownership. The Marvell Structera S 260-lane PCIe 6.0 switch eliminates the need for multiple smaller switches, enabling higher density, lower latency and improved system efficiency.
“The expansion of AI infrastructure to support next-generation AI workloads continues to move at a breathtaking pace, requiring new, higher-performance scale-up fabrics to eliminate existing bottlenecks,” said
“PCIe switching has long been foundational to supporting traditional CPU computing architectures and has also now become an essential building block for accelerated data center infrastructure,” said
“Device-to-device and system-to-system networking is as integral to the data center AI story as individual GPUs and AI ASICs are,” said
Expanded Marvell End-to-End PCIe Portfolio
The addition of XConn Technologies PCIe switches to the Marvell PCIe portfolio augments the Marvell
Combining the new Structera S PCIe switch with the Alaska P PCIe retimer solution, Marvell offers a comprehensive, end-to-end portfolio of PCIe solutions that provide hyperscalers and data center customers with a flexible interconnect platform to meet their individual configuration requirements. The combined solution unlocks the physical limitations of high-speed PCIe I/O, enabling active electrical cable (AEC) partners to extend PCIe 6.0 cable reach up to seven meters and active optical cable (AOC) partners to extend reach beyond seven meters.
In addition, Structera S PCIe switches are drop-in, pin-compatible with new Marvell Structera S CXL 3.0 switch offerings—also announced today—allowing customers to design a single hardware platform that supports both PCIe and CXL applications, while reducing development costs, shortening design cycles and maximizing design flexibility.
Availability
Marvell Structera S PCIe 60260 switches are expected to begin sampling to customers in calendar Q3 2026. Engineering test samples of the Structera S PCIe 6.0 switch are available now and are featured in a live demo at OFC 2026. Structera S PCIe 5.0 switches are currently available.
Marvell will showcase its end-to-end connectivity portfolio at OFC 2026, March 17–19, at the
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