Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has expressed high hopes for Marvell Technology, asserting it could emerge as the “next trillion-dollar company” during a recent address at the Computex event in Taipei. Huang’s remarks significantly boosted Marvell’s stock, which surged by 32.5% on 2 June, raising its market valuation to over $250 billion. If Huang’s prediction holds true, the stock has the potential to quadruple in value. Earlier this year, Nvidia invested $2 billion in Marvell.
Marvell operates predominantly in two sectors. It is a leading player alongside Broadcom in the fabrication of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), which are customized chips for various applications. Marvell adopts a more modular approach to its ASIC designs compared to Broadcom’s comprehensive ecosystem. Additionally, Marvell possesses crucial intellectual property related to static random-access memory (SRAM), which is vital for Nvidia’s language processing units as well as Cerebras chips used in inference tasks.
Despite holding over 20 customers in bespoke chip development, Amazon stands out as Marvell’s largest client, utilizing its technology in the Trainium chip. However, concerns have arisen that Marvell may lose prominence in future Trainium models due to Taiwanese firm AIchip’s increasing role. Conversely, Marvell’s intellectual property also supports Microsoft’s newer Maia chips, which might help counterbalance any losses stemming from Amazon.
Huang’s optimism regarding Marvell is primarily tied to its advances in optical interconnect technologies, essential for the burgeoning AI infrastructure. As AI clusters evolve, the demand for rapid connectivity has led to a preference for optical solutions over traditional copper wiring. Marvell anticipates a robust 70% growth in its interconnect sector this year, contributing to an overall revenue increase of 40%, projected to reach nearly $11.5 billion. However, achieving a $1 trillion valuation remains challenging, as Marvell’s gross margin is around 52%, and the stock’s current trading ratio indicates significant growth will be necessary in the near future.
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