The Golden Cable Initiative: Enabling the Cable Partner Ecosystem at Hyperscale Speed

Golden Cable AECs can also be paired with RELIANT, a Marvell-only telemetry suite, which provides deep visibility into bit error rates, signal transmission, power consumption and other critical metrics. By integrating RELIANT into their designs, customers can reduce downtime, enable predictive maintenance and proactively improve overall network health.

“The truth of the universe is that no single person or company can support this entire market. It is the broader ecosystem that makes it work. Golden Cable and RELIANT essentially are about creating a modular framework to streamline the development and deployment of next-generation rack interconnects in a thorough, secure way,” said Mike Tryson, CTO of TE Connectivity. “Any company will tell you that most of their time in system development is spent on the back end, validating their performance. The more you can do to de-risk that and take that away, the faster they can get to the monetary returns.”

“If there is a platform we can test, that is a key for reliable growth,” added John Wang, CEO at SP Photonics.

“Current and future AI architectures increasingly prioritize high-density compute scaling, which drives substantial demand for in-rack and short-reach inter-rack connectivity,” said Vito Chen, general manager, Electrical Connectivity Product Line at Luxshare Technology Co., Ltd. “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.”

The Future of Fabrics

Golden Cable is part of a broader Marvell strategy to optimize interconnect technology for the AI era. The increasingly stringent performance, bandwidth and power requirements of data movement are driving innovation across every layer of the fabric, from high-density die-to-die interconnects within the chip packages to ZR/ZR+ optical modules. In parallel, Marvell is advancing new product categories, including:

• Active copper cables
• Active optical cables
• Transmit-only optics
•  Co-packaged optics
• Co-packaged copper

ACCs, AEC and AOCs differ by power consumption, use case and reach.²

AECs are emerging as a breakout category in this rapidly expanding market. According to research firm LightCounting,¹ AEC sales are expected to grow at a 49% CAGR through 2030. Through an ecosystem-driven approach, Marvell and its partners are accelerating product development, expanding customer choice, and simplifying the integration, adoption and ownership of AEC-based fabrics.

1. LightCounting, AOC, DAC, LPO and CPO Forecast, December, 2025. 

2. Marvell estimates.

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