AppliedMicro Launches Industry's First 100G Fully-Integrated CMOS ICs for Next-Generation Optical Modules
May 27 2011 - 11:25AM
Business Wire
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, or AppliedMicro (Nasdaq:
AMCC) today announced S28010 Gearbox integrated circuit
devices for 100 Gigabit Ethernet CFP client optical
interfaces. As the industry’s first single-chip CMOS offering, the
S28010 enables cost-effective, power-efficient 100GBASE-R4 optical
modules to expand connection speeds from 10Gbps to 100Gbps for
high-end switching and routing equipment.
AppliedMicro’s Gearbox translates a 10-lane, 10Gbps CAUI
electrical interface to 4-lanes operating at 25Gbps and represents
the company’s first product in a family of 100G ICs for the client
market.
“There is a genuine need for cost-effective, power-efficient
Gearbox semiconductors to enable 100-Gigabit-per-second Ethernet
and OTU-4 client interfaces,” said George Jones, AppliedMicro's
Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. “Deployment
of CFP modules in enterprise and core router applications has been
limited by inadequate supply. This new product from AppliedMicro
will enable service providers to meet the bandwidth requirements
that customers demand.”
The S28010 covers a broad frequency range up to 28.1Gbps for
applications including 100G Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Infiniband and
OTU-4 optical transport. It is also the first CMOS device to comply
with IEEE802.3ba and CFP MSA standards.
“Telecom, datacom and cloud provider industries are all asking
for 100 Gigabit Ethernet links. Just the 100G optical transport
line card market alone will exceed $3 billion by 2016,” said Karen
Liu, Principal Analyst, Components at Ovum. “At this high speed,
the widely needed 10 km interface has been challenging in terms of
cost, size and power consumption. AppliedMicro’s Gearbox IC is
designed to address all three factors.”
The S28010 is designed to break barriers of high power, high
cost and low reliability in the CFP market by enabling volume
deployments of 100G modules in high-end switching and routing
applications by providing key advantages:
- Fully-integrated single-chip solution
reduces module bill of materials and allows module vendors to meet
the CFP module MSA specification
- Lowest power – Power consumption below
4 Watts is less than 50 percent of comparable 2-chip BiCMOS
solutions and results in reduced system heat and lower operational
costs
- First-to-market – Module developers
seeking scalable products can finally move to an integrated CMOS
solution.
AppliedMicro’s Gearbox device offers the highest level of
integration including MDIO and I2C support and extensive diagnostic
features, including loopback. Sample availability is scheduled for
September.
AppliedMicro Overview
AppliedMicro is a global leader in energy-conscious computing
solutions for telco, enterprise, data center, consumer and SMB
applications. With a 30-year heritage as an innovator in high-speed
connectivity and high performance embedded processing, AppliedMicro
employs patented transport and embedded processor SoCs to provide
high performance energy efficient products. AppliedMicro's
corporate headquarters are located in Sunnyvale,
California. Sales and engineering offices are located
throughout the world. For further information regarding
AppliedMicro, visit the company’s Web site at
http://www.apm.com.
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