TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry's First Multirate 8 Gb/s Embedded SerDes Core for ASIC Integration; Silicon-Validated ASIC Core Offers Time-to-Market, Flexibility and Performance Advantages for Storage Networking OEMs.PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced the availability of the industry's first 8 Gb/s multirate embedded SerDes core for storage networking OEMs. The new SerDes core was validated in a 90-nm 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 and it supports 8, 4, and 2 Gb/s data-transfer rates. Due to the core's superior noise immunity, modular design and low power consumption, storage OEMs are now able to embed as many SerDes as needed as needed prn. See prn order. onto a single 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. chip. "Our 8x/4x/2x core is another example of Agilent's technology leadership in the development of embedded SerDes intellectual property," said Kin Chan, director of engineering for the Networking Solutions Business Unit in Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group. "This multirate core offers many benefits to our customers, including test support throughout their end-products' entire life cycle." In tests conducted at Agilent, the embedded SerDes ASIC achieved error-free transmission driving signals over FR4 material (at room temperature) a distance of 40 centimeters (about 16 inches). The SerDes core offers these industry-leading features: --Decision Feedback Equalization In communications, techniques used to reduce distortion and compensate for signal loss (attenuation) over long distances. (DFE DFE Design For the Environment DFE Digital Front End DFE Decision Feedback Equalization DFE Decision Feedback Equalizer DFE Department For Education (UK) DFE Dietary Folate Equivalent ) --Automatic receiver DFE tuning --BERT on chip for channel bit error rate optimization --Signal eye diagram support built in --LC-based oscillator oscillator Mechanical or electronic device that produces a back-and-forth periodic motion. A pendulum is a simple mechanical oscillator that swings with a constant amplitude, requiring the addition of energy at each swing only to compensate for the energy lost because of air for improved power-supply noise rejection --1149.6 AC-Extest for testing AC-coupled connections between ICs on the PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. --Internal 100-ohm differential termination Agilent's embedded SerDes ASIC development model provides support throughout the entire product life cycle. It incorporates testing capabilities as early as the definition of system-level architecture and accounts for in-circuit manufacturing test, functional test, system turn-on and debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. , and field diagnostics. With this model, Agilent enables equipment manufacturers to develop high-bandwidth networking and storage systems with superior reliability and reduced size, complexity and cost. Agilent's broad range of ICs, fiber optic transceivers and test solutions for Ethernet, Fibre Channel and PCI Express protocols gives the company the highest level of expertise for addressing the system-level needs of storage networking OEMs. Agilent recently announced the first solution for 8X Fibre Channel compliance testing. About Agilent's ASIC Solutions With three 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, and provides in-depth system-level design experience, assurance of supply, and total life cycle support. 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 the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 28,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $7.2 billion in fiscal year 2004. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Please direct reader inquiries to Agilent Semiconductor Products Group at +1-800-235-0312, 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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