SAN JOSE, Calif., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Altera
Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced the industry's first
single-chip, dual 100G transponder solution implemented in a 28-nm
high-performance Stratix® V FPGA. Altera's solution integrates two
independent 100G transponders into a single FPGA, enabling optical
equipment manufacturers to keep pace with network performance and
bandwidth demands while lowering capital costs. A live hardware
demonstration of Altera's dual 100G transponder solution will be
shown in its booth #2825 at the Optical Fiber Communication
Conference and Exhibition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
2012 (OFC/NFOEC) in Los Angeles
the week of March 5.
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The growing number of Internet-enabled devices today is
resulting in an order of magnitude increase in network bandwidth
demands and is driving the need for large-scale network-upgrades.
Optical Transport Networks (OTN) allows carriers to scale quickly
and support the tremendous growth of traffic on their networks.
Altera's OTN solutions enable carriers and service providers to
increase the number of optical links across the transport layer and
support higher data rates across a variety of applications (voice,
video, storage).
Altera's single-chip, dual 100G transponder simplifies the move
by carrier and service providers to higher-density 100G transport
by providing a fully integrated standards-based solution. The
solution leverages the enhanced performance of Stratix V FPGAs and
industry-leading OTN IP to increase
the density of 100G transport solutions beyond the capability of
any other ASSP- or FPGA-based solution in the industry. Altera's
latest FPGA-based OTN offerings include 28-nm high-performance
silicon optimized for transport applications, industry-leading
high-speed transceivers and OTN system IP.
Demonstration of a Single-Chip, Dual 100G Transponder at
OFC
Altera's demonstration at OFC/NFOEC leverages a single Stratix V
GX FPGA and shows two independent transponders carrying live 100G
traffic over optical fiber. Altera will also be showcasing its
latest innovations in OTN IP and
28-nm FPGA technology at the show. The company will share
information on key building blocks that enable system and equipment
manufacturers to develop higher density and lower power optical
networks for tomorrow's communication systems.
"Altera is committed to supporting optical transport networks
with our leading-edge FPGAs, best-in-class transceiver technology
and OTN IP," said Dan Mansur, senior director of strategic
marketing in Altera's Communications Business Unit. "Our
production-grade, single-chip 100G transponder is deployed today in
top-tier carrier networks. Now with our dual 100G transponder
solution we are able to deliver density that is unachievable with
current solutions and puts us on the path to support data rates of
400G and beyond."
Availability
Altera is currently shipping 28-nm Stratix V FPGAs and
OTN IP. Additional information about
Altera's OTN solutions can be found on the company's web
site. To find out more about Altera's single-chip, dual 100G
transponder or to see a demonstration, contact your local Altera
sales representative.
About Altera
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companies to rapidly and cost-effectively innovate, differentiate
and win in their markets. Find out more about Altera's FPGA, CPLD
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