The AI Infrastructure Stack
Overview  /  Tier III Physical Data Center  /  Layer 07: Networking
Sub-category 7.6

PHY / DSP Chips for Transceivers

The signal-processing silicon inside every transceiver. The hidden moat in the optical supply chain.

Players

Players: Marvell (Inphi) MRVL, Broadcom AVGO, MaxLinear MXL, Semtech SMTC, MACOM MTSI, Credo (linear-drive) CRDO

Analysis coming soon — this page is scaffolding for deeper research into phy / dsp chips for transceivers.