MaxLinear First to Achieve DOCSIS® 3.1 VFI with Puma™ 8, Accelerating DOCSIS 4.0 Readiness and Enabling MaxAI™-Powered Home Network Experiences

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2026--

MaxLinear, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXL), today announced continued momentum in advancing the DOCSIS 4.0 ecosystem toward certification and real-world deployment, building on early interoperability success and expanding OEM adoption around the Puma 8 platform.

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As part of the early DOCSIS 4.0 certification process at CableLabs®, MaxLinear became the first silicon vendor to achieve DOCSIS 3.1 Verified for Interoperability (VFI) using its Puma 8 reference platform. This milestone validates interoperability in today’s deployed networks as the industry progresses toward full DOCSIS 4.0 certification.

Combined with MaxLinear’s innovative AI framework, MaxAI, Puma 8 enables operators to deliver tailored broadband experiences while supporting powerful platform-level network optimization and troubleshooting. MaxAI harnesses Puma 8’s on-chip AI acceleration to support more intelligent, AI-driven in-home experiences.

“Puma 8 is enabling the ecosystem to move from certification milestones to real deployments,” said Puneet Sethi, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Network Infrastructure and Carrier, MaxLinear. “The transition to DOCSIS 4.0 will deliver higher capacity and new AI-enabled experiences. Puma 8 and MaxAI enable our service provider partners and OEM customers to accelerate DOCSIS 4.0 and DOCSIS 4.0-upgradable deployments.”

Following MaxLinear’s VFI achievement, key OEM partners have continued to build momentum. DOCSIS 4.0 eMTAs based on Puma 8 from Gemtek and Hitron have also achieved DOCSIS 3.1 VFI, with additional OEMs, including Askey, expected to follow. This expanding ecosystem ensures that operators have a diverse, scalable supply chain for high-volume deployments.

“Mediacom strives to remain at the forefront of broadband innovation, and this partnership with MaxLinear and our OEM partners creates a strong foundation for others to follow,” said JR Walden, SVP Technology and CTO of Mediacom Communications.

“Early interoperability validation is critical as the industry transitions to DOCSIS 4.0,” said Henrick Marin, General Manager of Gemtek North America. “Puma 8 provides a solid foundation for scaling next-generation cable gateways with confidence.”

With interoperability validation progressing and OEM platforms coming online, MaxLinear is now supporting early Puma 8–based deployments. This allows operators to move from lab to commercial readiness with confidence that the hardware is stable and interoperable.

“Hitron is committed to delivering broadband platforms that align with operators’ deployment timelines,” said Greg Fisher, President and CTO of Hitron Technologies Inc. “Our work with MaxLinear on Puma 8 brings interoperability and DOCSIS 4.0 readiness together in a scalable platform.”

MaxLinear continues to advance Puma 8 for next-generation gateways, including future in-home connectivity enhancements such as Wi-Fi 8 and plans to showcase its next-generation roadmap at ANGA COM 2026 in Cologne.

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MaxLinear, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXL) is a leading provider of radio frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuits for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multimarket applications. MaxLinear is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. For more information, please visit https://www.maxlinear.com/.

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In addition to these risks and uncertainties, investors should review the risks and uncertainties contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Current Reports on Form 8-K, as well as the information to be set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" in MaxLinear's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. All forward-looking statements are based on the estimates, projections and assumptions of management as of the date of this press release, and MaxLinear is under no obligation (and expressly disclaims any such obligation) to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Puma 8 SoC is the First Silicon to Achieve DOCSIS 3.1 Verified for Interoperability (VFI). Helping OEMs accelerate DOCSIS 4.0 readiness and deployment

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV and the co-founder of artificial intelligence company Anthropic will launch the pontiff’s first encyclical on May 25, a document on the care of human dignity in the era of AI, the Vatican said Monday.

Anthropic has billed itself as the AI company that puts safety and risk-mitigation at the forefront of its research. As a result, the presence of Anthropic's Christopher Olah at the Vatican is significant, and suggests that the U.S. pope's position on AI will become a new flashpoint with the Trump administration.

In February, the Trump administration ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties for refusing to allow the U.S. military unrestricted use of its AI technology. Anthropic is currently suing the administration, which it has accused of retaliating against it illegally because of its attempt to impose limits on how its AI technology can be deployed.

Leo, who has made AI a priority of his young pontificate, is greatly concerned about AI in warfare and has called for monitoring of how the technology is used.

The pope’s presence at the launch of the document, Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity) is also significant, since such presentations are usually conducted in the Vatican press room with a few selected officials and invited guests who answer reporters questions about the document.

This time, the Vatican is bringing out an all-star cast for a formal launch in the main Vatican auditorium: Two of its top cardinals, doctrine chief Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández and development chief Cardinal Michael Czerny, will be the main presenters. Olah will be among the lay speakers, along with theologians Anna Rowlands and Leocadie Lushombo.

The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will offer a conclusion and Leo will make a speech and provide a final blessing, the Vatican said.

Leo signed the document May 15, 135 years to the day after his namesake, Pope Leo XIII, signed his most important encyclical, “Rerum Novarum,” or Of New Things. That document addressed workers’ rights, the limits of capitalism, and the obligations that states and employers owed workers as the Industrial Revolution was underway.

It became the foundation of modern Catholic social thought, and the current pope has already cited it in relation to the AI revolution, which he believes poses the same existential questions that the Industrial Revolution posed over a century ago. The new encyclical is expected to place the AI question in the context of the church’s social teaching, which also covers issues such as labor, justice and peace.

Anthropic chief Dario Amodei had worked at OpenAI before he and a group quit to form Anthropic in 2021, disagreeing with OpenAI chief Sam Altman about AI safety. The newer company promised a clearer focus on the safety of the better-than-human technology called artificial general intelligence that both San Francisco firms aim to build.

In a recent post on its website, Anthropic wrote about the U.S.-China competition in AI and the threats of the technology falling into the hands of authoritarian regimes. It warned that the U.S. and democratic allies must continue to lead on AI development and impose rules and norms on its spread, to prevent China and other authoritarian regimes from deploying it as a weapon of repression and surveillance.

Earlier this year, privately held Anthropic said its valuation grew to $380 billion, positioning itself with its chatbot Claude alongside rivals OpenAI and Elon Musk’s rocket maker SpaceX, which recently merged with his AI startup xAI, maker of the chatbot Grok.

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Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)