Marvell Celebrates the Successful Milestone of Over 200 Million Smartphones Shipped By Operators and OEMs Worldwide

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) today proudly announced that over 200 million smartphones have been shipped by global OEMs and Operators featuring Marvell's advanced mobile technologies since 2007.  Marvell's award-winning single-chip application and communication processor System-on-Chips (SoCs) currently power millions of devices by leading OEMs; such as ASUS, Huawei, K-Touch, Lenovo, Motorola, Palm, Research in Motion, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Yulong Coolpad and ZTE; enabling universal connectivity and high-performance, low-cost processing power to mobile devices around the world.

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"We are very proud to reach this successful milestone with our customers and partners. We are in the early stages of our long term commitment and effort to drive smart mobile devices to the masses around the world. With a vast portfolio of world-class advanced technologies, products and 'one-stop-shop' solutions, our mission is to empower consumers with advanced and affordable smart devices for any screen sizes, such as smartphones, tablets, Google TV and Smart TVs, for the always-on, always-connected lifestyle globally," said Weili Dai, Co-Founder of Marvell. "We're very thankful to our talented engineers globally for their dedication and hard work. I believe Marvell is in an excellent position to drive innovation for super integration of smart devices, as we have all key foundational building blocks – from latest cellular modems to CPU/GPU/Video, robust connectivity, and leading SSD storage technology – highly integrated in an 'all-in-one' platform solution. Marvell has raised the technology bar for the entire industry with its differentiated 'one-stop-shop' world-class technology. We're very proud to support and empower our global customers and partners for their success and competitiveness."

For the last several years, Marvell has invested in a broad array of key technologies in the cellular, wireless, consumer and cloud infrastructure segments with significant market success with global Tier 1 OEMs and Operators. A great example is Marvell's successful collaboration with China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator with over 700 million subscribers, to develop the China 3G standard TD-SCDMA technology, which has resulted in deployment of high-performance and very robust TD-SCDMA 3G smartphones in China. Following Marvell's entrance into the mobile market five years ago and continued investment in key technologies, Marvell's platforms today support the latest worldwide standards in the cellular domain, such as TDD/FDD LTE, WCDMA and TD-SCDMA tuned specifically to be the most complete platform solutions in the industry (powerful multi-core applications processors, cellular modems, power efficient Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/FM/ GPS/NFC connectivity, 3D graphics, HD video, and including Marvell's leading, high-performance and most reliable SSD technology). Looking forward, Marvell is leading the industry in driving the extreme integration of all advanced technologies – from communication to computing to storage – for use in delivering interactive and immersive live content across multiple screens such as small mobile devices and large Smart TVs (http://www.marvell.com/company/news/pressDetail.do?releaseID=2936), in the home or on the go for the mass market consumers.

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