MaxLinear Introduces RackCommander™ Control-Plane Portfolio for Next-Generation AI Infrastructure

• Portfolio of connectivity, monitoring, control, and power-management solutions helps enable rack-level control-plane architectures for AI, cloud, enterprise, and edge infrastructure

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXL), a leader in high-performance connectivity, mixed-signal, and power-management semiconductor solutions, today introduced RackCommander™, a portfolio of connectivity, monitoring, control, and power-management products that help enable modern rack-level control-plane architectures for AI, cloud, enterprise, and edge infrastructure.

Building on MaxLinear’s recently announced Coronado™ and Laguna™ USB-UART solutions for AI data center control-plane connectivity, RackCommander brings together products across the key functions needed to manage increasingly complex rack-scale infrastructure. With Full- and High-Speed USB UARTs, RS-485 transceivers, GPIO expanders, power management, and power protection technologies, MaxLinear offers a comprehensive silicon portfolio for rack management and console-port applications. These solutions are designed to support control-plane and console-access requirements for AI infrastructure, including Universal Baseboards (UBBs), multi-node systems, and rack-scale architectures.

As AI infrastructure transitions from server-centric architectures to rack-scale systems, the management challenge is changing dramatically. A modern AI rack may include multiple compute trays, dozens of accelerators, power shelves, liquid-cooling subsystems, sensors, service processors, and multiple management controllers. Traditional server-centric management approaches were not designed to efficiently manage these increasingly complex rack-scale environments.

Industry analysts project datacenter semiconductor revenue to reach approximately $843 billion by 2030. Independent market surveys also project sustained growth for rack-controller and rack-management infrastructure as operators deploy increasingly dense AI systems. Future AI racks require a control plane that spans console access, infrastructure communications, monitoring, telemetry, protection, and rack-level serviceability.

RackCommander helps customers address these requirements with MaxLinear products that can support:

• Scalable console connectivity across compute, networking, and storage assets
• High-speed sideband connectivity for service access and infrastructure control
• Rack-level aggregation of management and telemetry signals
• Robust communications between power, cooling, sensors, and infrastructure systems
• Expanded monitoring and control across distributed rack resources
• Power visibility, protection, and resiliency for critical infrastructure

Together, these technologies help customers:

• Accelerate deployment of rack-scale AI infrastructure
• Simplify console and service access across compute, networking, and storage assets
• Aggregate telemetry across the rack
• Improve operational visibility and reduce infrastructure downtime
• Enable scalable rack-management architectures
• Lower system complexity and development effort
• Support a resilient management plane that remains available independently of the production network

For hyperscalers, OEMs, ODMs, and infrastructure providers, RackCommander highlights MaxLinear products that help enable next-generation AI rack-control systems. This differentiation is increasingly important as AI infrastructure evolves toward rack-level architectures that require a more capable control plane for visibility, connectivity, monitoring, and control across the rack.

Control Plane Function	MaxLinear Products	Key Benefits
Console Access	USB UARTs: Coronado™ (MxL81424) and Laguna™ (MxL81108)   High-Speed USB UARTs: Carmel™ (MxL81434)	Console connectivity for bring-up, maintenance, monitoring, and recovery
Infrastructure Communications	RS-485 Transceiver: MxL83214	Connect power, cooling, sensors, and rack infrastructure
Monitoring & Control	I²C GPIO Expanders: MxL82200, MxL82201, MxL82203   SPI GPIO Expanders: MxL82403, MxL82423	Expand telemetry, monitoring, and sideband control
Power Management & Protection	eFuses: MxL745950, MxL745951P   Step-Down (Buck) Regulators: MxL76502, MxL76503, MxL76505, MxL76508.	Improve power visibility, protection, and resiliency

“AI infrastructure is creating a new control-plane architecture that extends far beyond the traditional BMC,” said Amit D. Bavisi, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and General Manager of MaxLinear’s Analog Mixed-Signal Business Unit. “Future AI racks must securely connect compute nodes, power shelves, cooling systems, sensors, and service processors into a unified management domain. MaxLinear has assembled a comprehensive silicon portfolio for this transition, spanning full- and high-speed USB-UARTs, RS-485 communications, GPIO expansion, eFuse, monitoring, telemetry, power management, and protection. With RackCommander, MaxLinear is helping customers build the control-plane foundation required for next-generation rack-scale AI infrastructure.”

“We are excited to work with MaxLinear and a top-tier cloud service provider on RackCommander,” said Jack Tu, Senior Vice President and Chief Product Marketing Officer of WPI Group. “As AI infrastructure evolves toward rack-scale architectures, customers are looking for proven technologies that accelerate development and deployment while simplifying management of increasingly complex AI infrastructure. RackCommander brings together a broad range of MaxLinear products that help simplify rack management, improve system visibility, and bring next-generation AI infrastructure solutions to market faster.”

Learn More about RackCommander

Visit MaxLinear at Booth PL33 during the OCP APAC Summit August 11-12, 2026, review https://www.maxlinear.com/RackCommander, or contact your MaxLinear representative.

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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