Agilent Technologies' New 4.25 Gb/s SerDes Core Extends Company's ASIC Focus to Storage Networking Market.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2003 Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced a new 4.25 Gb/s serializer/deserializer (SerDes) core for use in high-performance application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) developed for storage networking equipment. A leader in the development of highly integrated ASICs for communications, imaging and computing, Agilent now extends its ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. expertise to Fibre Channel storage applications. The Fibre Channel storage networking semiconductor market is poised to grow to $570 million in 2004,(1) representing a 16 percent growth rate, according to market research firm IDC. "Agilent is the clear technology leader in embedded SerDes, having repeatedly demonstrated the highest levels of ASIC integration, jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle performance and power savings," said James Stewart, vice president and general manager of Agilent's ASIC Products Division. "This announcement extends our leadership into the storage networking market, where our customers are looking to Agilent for high-volume, complex ASICs that deliver superior Fibre Channel performance and cost savings." The Agilent 4.25 Gb/s SerDes core provides a full duplex, point-to-point communications channel for multi-gigabit interfaces. The core has been proven in silicon and is based on a 0.13-micron standard CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. process. It supports data rates from 1.0625 to 4.25 Gb/s, features typical power consumption of 100mW at 4.25Gb/s, and can be used with a number of standard, high-speed communications protocols such as XAUI XAUI 10 Gigabit Attachment Unit Interface XAUI Extended Auxiliary Unit Interface XAUI XSBI Attachment Unit Interface (IEEE 802.3ae) XAUI Ten Gbps Attachment Unit Interface , Fibre Channel, and InfiniBand. Each core contains AC Extest (IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. standard 1149.6) and built-in self-test circuitry, which support a 7/23/31 bit pseudo random bit sequencer See MIDI sequencer. (music) sequencer - Any system for recording and/or playback of music via a programmable memory which stores music not as audio data, but as some representation of notes. and other features such as serializer/deserializer, output driver and receiver. Agilent's ASIC capability is based on a heritage of high-transistor ASIC designs with extremely high SerDes channel count. Agilent introduced a 3.125 Gb/s SerDes core in November 2002 that offered industry-leading jitter performance and power consumption, enabling the integration of up to 150 SerDes channels (now greater than 200) on a single chip. Agilent was also the first to successfully demonstrate the new IEEE 1149.6 AC-Extest standard. Agilent's broad range of ICs, fiber optic transceivers and test solutions for Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand protocols gives it the highest level of expertise for addressing the system-level needs of storage networking OEMs. With more than two decades of ASIC design and manufacturing experience, Agilent offers state-of-the-art hierarchical design methodology and design-for-test capability. The company has a consistent record of first-pass success in the design and manufacture of these chips. These strengths, combined with an extensive IP portfolio, facilitate rapid integration of quality, high-performance ASICs for applications including communications, imaging, storage and computing. More information is available at www.agilent.com/view/asic. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 30,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $6 billion in fiscal year 2002. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. (1) Worldwide Enterprise Storage Connectivity Semiconductor Forecast and Analysis, 2002 - 2007, IDC, June 2003. NOTE TO EDITORS: Please direct reader inquiries to Agilent Semiconductor Products Group at 800-235-0312, or e-mail us at semiconductorsupport@agilent.com. Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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