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Matt Miller

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Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Thank you for having me.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

So absolutely.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Having the indictment of the co-founder, that's obviously a pretty big hurdle for any kind of investor.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

But this comes after some other

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

major red flags at the company, notably some accounting issues over a couple of years.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

This has something that people are extremely cautious about, even though the company is very well positioned in what is seen as a major growth market, which is AI servers.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

We've seen the stock really fall participously over the past couple of years as people sort of assess what does this company's risk profile look like, what kind of governance issues are coming into play here.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

All of that at the moment is really overshadowing a more positive fundamental growth story in terms of the market it's operating in.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

In terms of, it's not a chip maker, obviously, Supermicro.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

What is the main product for this?

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Is it server racks?

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Yeah, exactly.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

So AI servers, another company, Dell is also involved here, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Not many companies operate in this, but it is a key part of AI related infrastructure, which is why the company for a really long time was doing quite well.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

It was seeing pretty dramatic growth.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

It is one of NVIDIA's major customers.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

And we saw the stock sort of react to that.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

I think at one point it was the biggest ever component of a small cap index before it was finally moved into the S&P 500, just as a reflection of how quickly the company was growing and how much the stock was rising.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

Now, all of this is really coming under question right now.

Bloomberg Tech
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Marvell, Deepens Partnership

So while there is still a lot of optimism about the long-term story of AI infrastructure, here you have a company that has a lot of really unique challenges and risks associated with it, especially