It is said that Marvell will abolish China‘s R&D team in a large area

Source: Micronet

    On the evening of October 26, it was reported in the industry that Marvell would abolish most of its Chinese R&D teams and retain only some design service personnel in Nanjing, and said that the news would be publicly announced on the next (27) day

    In addition, headhunters pointed out that Marvell China‘s layoff involves different functions of all departments. Leaders of all teams are taking the lead in finding jobs. It is expected that two departments will complete the handover this week, namely, the chip verification team of the switch department and the post silicon verification team of the storage department. Other departments will have a two month buffer period, and the compensation method is N+3.

    If the Marvell layoff in China is true, it will be the third overseas chip manufacturer to make large-scale layoffs in China this year. According to previous reports, in January this year, Micron disbanded the DRAM design department in Shanghai, with a total number of more than 100 people. In May this year, Texas Instruments abolished its MCU R&D team in China and moved the original MCU R&D line to India.

    According to the data, Marvell was founded in 1995, headquartered in Silicon Valley, with R&D centers in Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu and Beijing, China. Marvell is a global leading semiconductor manufacturer that provides a full range of broadband communication and storage solutions. Marvell is a manufacturer engaged in the design, development and supply of mixed signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits for high-speed, high-density, digital data storage and broadband digital data network markets.

    According to Baidu Encyclopedia, Marvell once had nearly 1000 employees in China. The international R&D center in Shanghai once had more than 800 R&D personnel, making it the third largest R&D center after the US headquarters and Israel. The center is committed to providing advanced core technology development services for China‘s mobile and consumer electronics markets, including TD, high-definition TV and Blu ray, and supports the company in the development of new products and the improvement of existing products in the fields of storage, communication, power supply, analog, RF, video, etc.

    In addition, Marvell planned to expand the scale of Shanghai R&D center to thousands of people, making it the largest R&D center in the world.