SAN DIEGO, March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- (Optical Fiber
Communication Conference and Exposition 2018, Booth #2807) --
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the leading provider of All
Programmable products, today announced it will be showcasing its
technology leadership in optical networking at OFC 2018. The
company will be giving attendees a glimpse into the future of
networking with the FPGA industry's first demonstration of
breakthrough 112G PAM4 electrical signaling technology for optical
networks, as well as announcing the addition of 58G PAM4
transceivers to its 16nm Virtex® UltraScale+™ portfolio.
Massive growth in data traffic driven by cloud services and the
rollout of 5G is creating challenges to keep up with burgeoning
bandwidth requirements within networks. Line card port densities in
routers and switches, optical standard evolution and optical
network bandwidth updates are major constraints to cost effectively
keep pace with bandwidth needs. The transition to 58G and
112G transceivers is an important step to deliver 400G and 800G+
data rates on the same existing footprint.
112G PAM4 Technology Demo – Xilinx Defines Next-Gen
Performance
Anticipating even more demand for speed and throughput, Xilinx
is demonstrating full-duplex 112G PAM4 signaling on a single lane.
Industry experts regard 112Gb/s transceiver performance as
necessary to address next-generation optical networking and line
card densities. Customers can expect programmable devices with 112G
transceivers in Xilinx's upcoming 7nm portfolio.
"Xilinx has a long history of driving standards efforts and
pushing performance limits in serial interconnect technology, and
continues to do so with the industry's first 112G PAM4 demo as well
as with its 58G PAM4 solution, here today for customers to begin
designing in with," said Karl
Freund, senior analyst, HPC and machine learning, Moor
Insights & Strategy. "Today's Xilinx announcements represent a
significant leap forward for network architects who continue to be
challenged to improve bandwidth performance of their optical
networks."
New 58G PAM4 FPGAs – Customers Can Begin Designing
Today
Built on the most sought-after Virtex UltraScale+ class of
devices for high-end applications, the new Xilinx transceiver
architecture enables customers to effectively double the bandwidth
capabilities of existing systems by combining the flexibility of
programmable logic with 58G PAM4 transceivers. These devices can
operate over existing 25G backplanes, extending the life and
bandwidth of current systems while paving the way for the next
generation. For migration, the new devices with 58G transceivers
are footprint compatible with existing Virtex UltraScale+ devices
in production today.
Targeted at cloud computing, 5G networking, core networks (OTN,
Ethernet) and network functions virtualization (NFV) applications,
this latest transceiver architecture will enable vendors to scale
50G, 100G and 400G ports and terabit interfaces in compact and less
complex system designs.
"Networks are changing dramatically to enable faster, more
flexible and more adaptable systems, and the industry is gearing up
in anticipation of the change with new optics and standards," said
Farhad Shafai, Vice President,
communications markets, Xilinx. "We are proud to be leading the way
in delivering the most flexible and adaptable solutions to our
customers, along with production-proven silicon, a track record of
quality and in tandem with the ecosystem of optics, backplanes and
other key technologies in development."
The new 58G PAM4 Virtex UltraScale+ devices include integrated
PAM4 transceivers, 100GE IP blocks, and all associated FEC required
for next-generation interconnect.
Xilinx will demonstrate 58G and 112G PAM4 at OFC 2018 Booth
#2807. Xilinx will also participate through OIF (Booth #5525)
56Gb/s interoperability demonstration.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is a leading provider of All
Programmable semiconductor products, including FPGAs, SoCs, MPSoCs,
RFSoCs and 3D ICs. Xilinx uniquely enables applications that are
both software defined and hardware optimized – powering industry
advancements in Cloud Computing, 5G Wireless, Embedded Vision and
Industrial IoT. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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