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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) today announced that it was honored with seven American Business Awards, including the People's Choice and Best New Product of the Year, at the 11^th Annual American Business Awards (ABAs) held on Monday, Sept. 16, at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco. The prestigious Stevie Awards recognize Marvell for its outstanding innovation and contribution to the community and people around the world in technologies and solutions for storage, mobile, video, infrastructure and green energy, including the company's industry-leading quad-core processor, Marvell® ARMADA® Mobile PXA1088, which was named a People's Choice Stevie Award winner in the Favorite New Products category.  In addition Marvell received the Best New Product or Service – Hardware – Semiconductor or Other Electronic Component Category, with the Marvell ARMADA® 1500 HD Media Platform, Marvell Avastar® 88W8864 WLAN SoC and Marvell ARMADA Mobile PXA1088 receiving Gold, Silver and Bronze awards respectively.

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"We are very honored and humbled to receive such prestigious American Business Awards.  This recognition truly represents Marvell's depth and breadth in invention, innovation and contributions to all key areas of the global high-tech industry since Marvell's inception in 1995," said Marvell President and Co-Founder Weili Dai.  "I am very proud of our very dedicated, hardworking and passionate engineers around the world for the outstanding achievements in their original creativity and invention.  This is a key foundation for Marvell as one of the top global technology leaders in driving the new 'Connected Lifestyle' for a better world for all.  We are very thankful for the Stevie Awards committee for their effort and fairness in recognizing all the talented winners for their achievements and innovation."

"So many remarkable stories of success and innovation were told in the nominations submitted to this year's American Business Awards," said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards.  "We congratulate all of this year's Stevie Awards winners, and thank them for the inspiration provided by their achievements."

The ABAs are the nation's premier business awards program honoring the top new products and services in 34 categories. More than 3,200 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration, and the People's Choice competition solicited more than 20,000 consumer votes.

In addition to the Mobile ARMADA PXA1088, ARMADA 1500 HD Media Platform and Avastar 88W8864 WLAN SoC recognition, Marvell was also honored in the following categories:

Best New Product or Service of the Year – Hardware – Other

• Gold Stevie Winner: Marvell LED Lighting – 88EM8183 IC Driver
• Silver Stevie Winner: Marvell G.hn Chipset

Best New Product or Service – Hardware – Storage

• Gold Stevie Winner: Marvell DragonFly™ platform

Details about The American Business Awards and the lists of Stevie Award winners announced on Sept. 16 are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.    

About Marvell           
Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is a global leader in providing complete silicon solutions enabling the digital connected lifestyle. From mobile communications to storage, cloud infrastructure, digital entertainment and in-home content delivery, Marvell's diverse product portfolio aligns complete platform designs with industry-leading performance, security, reliability and efficiency. At the core of the world's most powerful consumer, network and enterprise systems, Marvell empowers partners and their customers to always stand at the forefront of innovation, performance and mass appeal. By providing people around the world with mobility and ease of access to services adding value to their social, private and work lives, Marvell is committed to enhancing the human experience.

As used in this release, the term "Marvell" refers to Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.Marvell.com.

Marvell, ARMADA, Avastar and the M logo are registered trademarks of Marvell and/or its affiliates.  DragonFly is a trademark of Marvell and/or its affiliates.  Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

For Further Information Contact:             
Marvell Media Relations

Holly Zheng
408-222-9202
hollyz@marvell.com

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