Nvidia deal spree continues; Jensen Huang-led company to invest $2 billion in Marvell as AI race heats up

Jensen Huang-led Nvidia, on Tuesday (local time), announced that it has invested $2 billion in a “strategic partnership” with Marvell Technology, adding that the two chipmakers now plan to partner on silicon photonics technology.

According to a press release, the collaboration between the two chipmakers will connect Marvell to Nvidia’s artificial intelligence (AI) factory and AI-RAN ecosystem via Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion, giving customers building on Nvidia architectures greater flexibility and choice in designing next-generation systems.