Close-up of Marvell's semiconductor chip bearing the mark of Vietnamese intelligence

On May 17, returning to Vietnam after 1 year of announcing the establishment of the world's leading microchip design center in Vietnam, Dr. Loi Nguyen, Senior Vice President of Cloud Optics Division of Marvell Technology Inc (USA), introduced one of the chip models that Marvell Vietnam participated in designing and developing - chips bearing the mark of Vietnamese intelligence.

This is a chip specializing in data storage controllers, designed and manufactured with 7 nano technology. The tiny chip is only 0.3 x 0.3 cm but has up to 300 connection ports, 200 million transistors, helping to increase the fastest possible data exchange in the controller and storage device.

Dr. Loi Nguyen introduces the 7 nano chip with a part of the brainpower of Marvell Vietnam engineers.

Except for the first stage of system architecture, Marvell Vietnam engineers participated in most stages such as design, design testing, GDSII stage (conversion from design format to production)... of this chip.

Currently, Marvell Vietnam's engineering team has directly participated in many of Marvell's most advanced products. Typically, they participated in the design, simulation, testing and software for the Nova 2 product, the most modern and first product in the world to provide high-speed connection of 1.6 terabytes/second.

Dr. Le Quang Dam, General Director of Marvell Vietnam, said that Marvell Vietnam engineers are involved in most different product lines and work with the latest technologies, even 3 and 2 nano projects.

"Vietnamese engineers can work at almost all stages, from architecture, design, testing, transition from design to production, and testing. They have worked very effectively with other groups around the world such as those in the US, Israel, Singapore, etc. This is a concrete proof that Vietnamese engineers are fully capable of working well on the best, most diverse projects and the latest technologies in the semiconductor industry" - Dr. Dam commented.

Over the past year, Marvell Vietnam has accelerated recruitment, expanding its engineering team by 30%, from nearly 300 engineers in 2023 to nearly 400 engineers at present. According to the plan, the company will grow about 20% per year in terms of human resources, aiming for the milestone of 500 engineers in the near future.

Marvell Vietnam engineers are under 30 years old.

Dr. Dam assessed that new graduates in Vietnam have a very good technical background (STEM), so after being recruited to Marvell and trained for about 6-12 months, they can complete the assigned work well.

Currently, because the semiconductor industry in Vietnam is still quite young, there is still a lack of experienced engineers with great vision and potential, who can manage projects and take on the architectural stage - a very important stage in the semiconductor industry.

"We need more time and need to work with universities, research institutes and the Vietnamese Government to promote training at universities, thereby building a source of experienced engineering human resources in the coming years" - Dr. Dam expressed.

Marvell has just opened a new office in Da Nang to expand its presence in Vietnam. In addition, the company plans to open a new office in Ho Chi Minh City next year, affirming its commitment to long-term investment in Vietnam.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/can-canh-con-chip-ban-dan-cua-marvell-mang-dau-an-chat-xam-viet-nam-196240517181110868.htm