PMC-Sierra Demonstrates 6.25 Gigabit SERDES Technology and Evaluation Platform for Next Generation Networking Backplanes.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DesignCon SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2004 The QuadPHY 6G Device is Compliant with the Optical Internetworking Forum's Common Electrical I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output Specification to Ensure Industry Interoperability Today at DesignCon, PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS PMCS PMC Sierra (stock symbol) PMCS Project Management Control System PMCS partial mission-capable, supply (US DoD) PMCS Preventive Maintenance Checks & Services PMCS Professional Military Comptroller School ) announced that it is showing the PM8359 QuadPHY(R) 6G SERDES See serializer/deserializer. transceiver technology and evaluation platform at Molex, Inc.'s Booth #200. The QuadPHY 6G is the industry's first multi-gigabit serial backplane transceiver to be compliant with the Optical Internetworking Forum's (OIF OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (French: International Organization of Francophonie) OIF Office for Intellectual Freedom (American Library Association) ) 6 Gbit/s long-reach specification. The device's low power 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. technology provides superior signal integrity to enable greater system reliability for high-speed backplanes in next generation Ethernet switches, networked storage systems, performance computers and service provider equipment (see Figure 1). PMC-Sierra's QuadPHY 6G evaluation platform enables networking equipment manufacturers to develop and test next generation backplane designs and thereby reduce OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and system development time and cost (see Figure 2). 6 Gigabit SERDES Compliant with OIF Industry Specification The QuadPHY 6G is the industry's first device to be compliant with the Optical Internetworking Forum The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) was organized to facilitate and accelerate the development of next-generation optical internetworking products. The OIF produces Electrical, Tunable Laser, Very Short Reach Hardware Interfaces. (OIF) Common Electrical I/O (CEI) 6+ Long Reach specification (Draft 4.0). CEI 6+ defines the requirements for driving gigabit-serial signals across a backplane at extended distances and at higher data rates. "The OIF, recognizing the market acceptance of the High Speed Backplane Initiative (HSBI HSBI High Speed Backplane Initiative ) mission to support legacy backplanes, realized that specifications for 6+ Gigabit per second electrical signaling were necessary. Its industry importance and commercial implications are being recognized by our membership, as shown by PMC-Sierra's announcement," said Steve Joiner, OIF Technical Committee Chair. "PMC-Sierra's QuadPHY 6G enables customers to upgrade their current backplanes to support higher data rates while maintaining backward compatibility with installed line cards," said Mark Stibitz, vice president and general manager of PMC-Sierra's Enterprise and Storage Division. "PMC-Sierra's CMOS SERDES products are designed to meet or exceed networking reliability standards by achieving market leading signal integrity over an industry standard interface." Innovative Low Power Design Enables Improved System Reliability with Industry Compatibility The QuadPHY 6G multiplexes and demultiplexes eight 3.125 Gbit/s serial links into four 6.25 Gbit/s serial links (see Figure 3). To achieve system reliability at these speeds, design focus on bit error rate performance is required. Utilizing an innovative adaptive decision feedback equalization (DFE) design ensures robust serial link operation designed for a market leading bit error rate as low as 10E-18. PMC-Sierra's adaptive DFE allows the QuadPHY 6G to deploy industry standard NRZ binary signaling at 6.25 Gbit/s data rates. With half rate and quarter rate operation modes, the QuadPHY 6G provides electrical signaling as well as rate compatibility to connect to customer's install base of legacy line cards. PMC-Sierra's Evaluation Platform and Molex's Reference Backplane Demonstrator Support Multiple Industry Applications PMC-Sierra's QuadPHY 6G evaluation platform and Molex's GbX(TM) reference backplane demonstrator (see Figure 4) enable a wide variety of network equipment applications, including: -- Ethernet switches for 3.125 Gbit/s 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 multiplexing -- Storage switches and systems including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. and SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. gigabit serial storage -- Servers and performance computing including multiplexing of emerging serial bus standards such as PCI-Express, serial RapidIO, and Infiniband -- SONET/SDH service provider equipment "Molex is delivering evaluation backplanes with 6+ Gbit/s GbX connectors," said David Brunker, Technical Fellow Molex, Inc. "PMC-Sierra's evaluation platform and Molex's reference demonstrator backplane enable rapid 6 Gbit/s backplane technology and interoperability testing to prove the robustness of next generation backplane solutions." Pricing, Availability and Customer Support Engineering samples of the QuadPHY 6G SERDES are available now and priced at $250. The QuadPHY 6G is designed with 0.13 micron CMOS technology and packaged in a 19x19 mm 320-pin Flip Chip Ball Grid Array “BGA” redirects here. For other uses, see BGA (disambiguation). A ball grid array (BGA) is a type of surface-mount packaging used for integrated circuits. (FCBGA FCBGA Flip Chip Ball Grid Array FCBGA Flip Chip Bga ) assembly. PMC-Sierra's comprehensive design support package includes an evaluation kit, board layout and design documentation, VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) A hardware description language (HDL) used to design electronic systems at the component, board and system level. VHDL allows models to be developed at a very high level of abstraction. source code, configuration scripts, application notes and user manual (see Figure 4). PMC-Sierra's QuadPHY 6G evaluation kit is priced at $4,900 per unit and is available today; the Molex reference backplane demonstrator is sold separately. For comprehensive product datasheets and evaluation kits, please contact PMC-Sierra at sales@pmc-sierra.com or visit www.pmc-sierra.com/serdes. About PMC-Sierra PMC-Sierra(TM) is a leading provider of high speed broadband communications and storage semiconductors and MIPS-based(TM) processors for Enterprise, Access, Metro Optical Transport, Storage Area Networking and Wireless network equipment. The company offers worldwide technical and sales support, including a network of offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the PMCS symbol and is included in the S&P 500 Index. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com. About Molex, Inc. Molex Incorporated is a 65-year-old global manufacturer of electronic, electrical and fiber optic interconnection systems. Based in Lisle, Illinois, USA, the company operates 55 manufacturing facilities in 19 countries. The Molex Website address is www.molex.com. Attachments Figure 1: QuadPHY 6G Application Example available at www.pmc-sierra.com/pressRoom/pr/images/20040202_pr_figure1.jpg Figure 2: QuadPHY 6G Signal Integrity Evaluation Platform available at www.pmc-sierra.com/pressRoom/pr/images/20040202_pr_figure2.jpg Figure 3: QuadPHY 6G Product Photo available at www.pmc-sierra.com/pressRoom/photos/hi-res/ SERDES_QuadPHY_6G_300dpi_CHIP_ONLY.jpg (Due to the length of this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. , it may be necessary to copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.) Figure 4: QuadPHY 6G Evaluation Platform with Molex Reference Backplane Demonstrator available at www.pmc-sierra.com/pressRoom/pr/images/20040202_pr_figure4.jpg (C) Copyright PMC-Sierra, Inc. 2004. All rights reserved. QuadPHY is a registered trademark of PMC-Sierra. PMC-Sierra, PMCS, PMC, "Thinking you can build on" are trademarks of PMC-Sierra, Inc. GbX is a trademark of Teradyne, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of the respective owners. |
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