CMS and MaxLinear Expand OpenZFS Storage for AI, Cloud, and Hyperscale Infrastructure

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 4, 2026--

MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXL), a leading provider of high-performance connectivity and data movement solutions, today announced that Core Micro Systems (CMS), a Japan-based technology innovator, has adopted the MaxLinear Panther platform (Panther V) as the foundation for its next-generation storage infrastructure.

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Through this adoption, CMS is integrating the MaxLinear Panther platform into its next-generation storage solutions and collaborating with MaxLinear to deliver hardware-accelerated OpenZFS capabilities that significantly improve storage performance, efficiency, and scalability for enterprise, cloud, hyperscale, and AI infrastructure environments.

By combining the Panther Storage Accelerator with ZFlush™ hardware-accelerated OpenZFS, CMS will accelerate key data services including compression, encryption, and deduplication while reducing CPU utilization and lowering infrastructure costs.

Executive Quotes

"We selected the MaxLinear Panther platform to serve as the hardware acceleration foundation for our next-generation storage solutions. The Panther Storage Accelerator and ZFlush™ enable us to deliver enhanced OpenZFS performance across compression, encryption, and deduplication workloads while providing customers with a highly efficient and scalable storage architecture. We look forward to expanding our Panther-based offerings to meet the growing demands of data-intensive applications," said Shozo Takahashi, President and CEO of Core Micro Systems.

"Our collaboration with Core Micro Systems marks an important step in expanding adoption of the MaxLinear Panther platform in high-performance storage environments. By combining Panther's hardware acceleration capabilities with CMS's deep system expertise, we are enabling customers to accelerate OpenZFS performance, reduce system complexity, and speed time to market for next-generation AI, cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise storage platforms, " said Vikas Choudhary, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Connectivity & Storage at MaxLinear.

Advancing OpenZFS Performance with Hardware Acceleration

The solution leverages the MaxLinear Panther Storage Accelerator as the hardware acceleration engine for CMS's next-generation storage platforms. Combined with ZFlush™ hardware-accelerated OpenZFS, the platform accelerates compression, encryption, and deduplication workloads, enabling higher throughput, lower latency, and improved system efficiency while reducing CPU overhead.

Key features of the solution include:

Expanding Deployments Across Asia

CMS plans to deploy Panther-based storage solutions for hyperscale, enterprise, cloud, and AI infrastructure customers across Asia. By combining MaxLinear’s Panther platform technology with CMS’s system integration expertise, the companies aim to accelerate the adoption of hardware-accelerated OpenZFS and address the growing demand for scalable, efficient storage solutions supporting modern data center and AI-driven workloads.

According to industry forecasts, the APAC data center storage market is projected to grow at approximately 8% annually, reaching nearly $25 billion by 2030 and representing an estimated 4.2 million racks. The CMS-MaxLinear collaboration is well positioned to address this expanding market opportunity with high-performance, hardware-accelerated storage solutions.

About MaxLinear, Inc.

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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About Core Micro Systems Inc. (CMS)

Core Micro Systems is a Japan-based technology company specializing in integrating hardware, software, and appliances from both its own development and partner companies, providing solutions and custom systems optimized for application and performance characteristics. Drawing on the technology and development capabilities we have cultivated over many years, Core Micro Systems integrates hardware, software, and appliances developed in-house and by our partners to provide solutions and custom systems optimized for specific applications and performance characteristics.

We are able to deliver the best possible solutions for AI and big data based on world-class technical concepts.

Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements relating to MaxLinear’s Panther V and the functionality, performance and benefits of such product, statements about the potential market opportunity for Panther V, including the growth of the APAC data center storage market; statements regarding MaxLinear’s ability to meet the demand for Panther V and address the market opportunity; statements regarding Core Micro Systems expanding its Panther-based offerings; and statements by MaxLinear’s SVP & GM, Connectivity and Storage Business Unit and the CEO of Core Micro Systems. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements and our future financial performance and operating results forecasts generally. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current, preliminary expectations and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. In particular, our future operating results are substantially dependent on our assumptions about market trends and conditions. Additional risks and uncertainties affecting our business, future operating results and financial condition include, without limitation; risks relating to: the development, testing, and commercial introduction of new products and product functionalities, including Panther V; risks related to the market opportunity for Panther V not developing or MaxLinear not being able to capture share of the market; the relationship between MaxLinear and Core Micro Systems; the capabilities of our technology; our terminated merger with Silicon Motion and related arbitration and class action complaint and the risks related to potential payment of damages; the effect of intense and increasing competition; increased tariffs, export controls or imposition of additional trade barriers; impacts of global economic conditions; the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry; a significant variance in our operating results and impact on volatility in our stock price, and our ability to sustain our current level of revenue, which has previously declined, and/or manage future growth effectively, and the impact of excess inventory in the channel on our customers’ expected demand for certain of our products and on our revenue; escalating trade wars, military conflicts and other geopolitical and economic tensions among the countries in which we conduct business; international geopolitical and military conflicts; our ability to obtain or retain government authorization to export certain of our products or technology; the loss of, or a significant reduction in orders from major customers; legal proceedings or potential violations of regulations; information technology failures; a decrease in the average selling prices of our products; failure to penetrate new applications and markets; development delays and consolidation trends in our industry; inability to make substantial and productive research and development investments; delays or expenses caused by undetected defects or bugs in our products; substantial quarterly and annual fluctuations in our revenue and operating results; failure to timely develop and introduce new or enhanced products; order and shipment uncertainties and differences between our estimates of customer demand and product mix and our actual results; failure to accurately predict our future revenue and appropriately budget expenses; lengthy and expensive customer qualification processes; customer product plan cancellations; failure to maintain compliance with government regulations; failure to attract and retain qualified personnel; any adverse impact of rising interest rates on us, our customers, and our distributors and related demand; risks related to compliance with privacy, data protection and cybersecurity laws and regulations; risks related to conforming our products to industry standards; risks related to business acquisitions and investments; claims of intellectual property infringement; our ability to protect our intellectual property; security vulnerabilities of our products; use of open source software in our products; failure to manage our relationships with, or negative impacts from, third parties; and future decisions relating to our stock repurchase program.

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.

Core Micro Systems (CMS) and MaxLinear are collaborating to deliver hardware-accelerated OpenZFS storage solutions based on the MaxLinear Panther platform for AI, cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise infrastructure.

CAIRO (AP) — A mass funeral was held Tuesday in Gaza City for more than 100 Palestinians whose bodies were recovered nearly three years after Israeli warplanes flattened a residential block.

Hundreds gathered as the bodies, wrapped in Palestinian flags, were laid in rows near the destroyed buildings before being carried on stretchers through a narrow street for burial in a nearby cemetery.

Elsewhere, a projectile reportedly struck a cargo ship in the disputed Strait of Hormuz, Qatar said it was mediating peace talks between the United States and Iran, a memorial service was held in Beirut for victims of a 2020 port explosion and Yemen’s Houthis claimed they fired at an Saudi Arabian airport.

Here is a look at the most important developments in the Middle East on Tuesday.

The 112 victims were among more than 300 killed during a Nov. 22, 2023, attack on Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood.

First responders recovered the bodies over the weekend after digging through the rubble for 136 hours, according to the Civil Defense, a rescue agency operated under Gaza’s Hamas-run Interior Ministry.

The bodies included 40 children, 30 women and seven people with disabilities, the Civil Defense said in a statement, adding that another 157 people remained missing under the rubble.

The Gaza war began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage.

Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has since killed 73,375 people, including civilians and combatants, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Around 7,400 people are still missing and presumed buried under the rubble from the war, according to Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the Gaza Health Ministry’s records department.

The cargo ship reported being “hit by an unknown projectile” at 2 a.m. local time while it was 37 kilometers (23 miles) northeast of Al Khasab in Oman, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center said.

The UKMTO did not provide further information on the ship, including what flag the vessel was sailing under or whether it was carrying cargo.

The ship suffered damage, according to British maritime security firm Ambrey, which did not elaborate.

The town of Al Khasab sits on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula that juts into the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial waterway at the mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas passed before the war.

The strait has been effectively shut by Iran’s attacks on shipping since the start of the war in February, while the U.S. also has imposed a blockade on Iranian ports in the waterway.

Despite conflicting claims, mediation efforts were underway between the U.S. and Iran to wind down the war, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said Tuesday.

“We’re looking into a diplomatic solution,” he said during a briefing without elaborating.

U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to unleash massive strikes on Iran before calling them off at the urging of Gulf allies Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

On Monday, he said the two sides were resuming talks, but Iran insisted it was only talking with Oman about establishing a route through the Strait of Hormuz.

“Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous!” the U.S. president vented on Truth Social, his social media platform.

A military spokesman for the Iranian-backed rebels claimed the drone hit a “sensitive target” at the airport in the southwestern city of Najran.

Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree did not provide evidence, but said the drone attack was in response to what he described as Saudi breaching of Yemen’s airspace over the provinces of Saada and Hajjah. There was no immediate comment from Saudi Arabia.

The Houthis recently announced they were imposing a blockade on Saudi-linked shipping passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that leads to the Red Sea. The rebels have long been at odds with Saudi Arabia, having fought a war against the kingdom and its allies. Major fighting ended with a truce in 2022.

The Houthi rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen in a civil war that began in 2014. Saudi Arabia led an international coalition fighting the rebels, and also imposed an air and sea blockade on Houthi-led parts of Yemen that has eased in recent years.

Families of the more than 200 people killed in the 2020 Beirut port explosion gathered at the blast site to mark six years since tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate exploded, devastating large parts of the Lebanese capital.

No official has been convicted in a judicial investigation that has been repeatedly obstructed. The tragedy has since been overshadowed by other dramatic events, including two wars between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group that have killed thousands in Lebanon and left widespread destruction, and an Israeli military occupation of much of the country’s south.

But some of the families said they have renewed hope that the long-stalled investigation is nearing a breakthrough, after officials from the government of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam promised that indictments would be issued by the end of the year.

Becatoros reported from Athens, Greece. Wafaa Shurafa in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, and Abby Sewell in Beirut, Lebanon, contributed to this report.

Pedestrians cross a street in front of a billboard depicting a fallen Statue of Liberty and crowds carrying Iranian and Shiite flags at Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A girl swings along the shore as cargo ships and other commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 27, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Women walk past a banner showing portraits of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, center, and the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strike on Feb. 28, under a bridge in northern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about military families, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FILE - Children wade in the water with cargo ships at anchor in the background and a fisherman nearby, in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP,File)