- Used in active electrical cables, MaxLinear’s Keystone can
yield up to 40% power savings over competitor solutions.
MaxLinear, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXL), a leading provider of high-speed
interconnect ICs enabling data center, metro, and wireless
transport networks, today announced the availability of a
comprehensive product design kit (PDK) to optimize performance and
accelerate the time to market for high-speed Active Electrical
Cables (AEC) using MaxLinear’s 5nm PAM4 DSP, Keystone. The PDK is a
cost-cutting and time-saving tool for cable manufacturers who want
to quickly integrate Keystone into their active electrical
cables.
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MaxLinear Launches Product Design Kit for
Active Electrical Cables Using Keystone PAM4 DSP (Graphic: Business
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MaxLinear’s Keystone PAM4 DSP offers a significant power
advantage in AEC applications, which is increasingly becoming a
critical factor for hyperscale data centers. The use of 5nm CMOS
technology enables designers and manufacturers to build high-speed
cables that meet the need for low power, highly integrated, high
performance interconnect solutions that will drive the next
generation of hyperscale cloud networks.
Manufacturers taking advantage of MaxLinear’s PDK to optimize
cable designs using Keystone PAM4 DSP will gain a distinct
advantage over competitor solutions when trying to maximize reach
and minimize power consumption. The PDK makes Keystone easy to
integrate with strong applications support, multiple tools to
optimize and monitor performance, and reference designs (SW and HW)
to accelerate integration. Sophisticated software allows for quick
design optimization for the lowest possible power consumption and
maximizing cable reach. Cable designers can constantly monitor
performance, route signals from any port to any port, and take
advantage of hitless firmware upgrades.
“MaxLinear is focused on providing not only industry-leading
interconnect technologies but also a comprehensive suite of tools
to support our manufacturing and design partners,” said Drew
Guckenberger, Vice President of High Speed Interconnect at
MaxLinear. “Our development kit for our Keystone products provides
them with a path to take products to market more quickly and more
cost-effectively.”
Active electrical cables (AECs) are revolutionizing data center
connections. Unlike passive cables, they actively boost signals,
allowing for longer distances (up to 7 meters for 400G), higher
bandwidth, and thinner, lighter cables. This makes them ideal for
high-speed applications like top-of-rack connections (connecting
switches to servers within the same rack); direct digital control
(enabling flexible interconnectivity within racks and across rows);
and breakout solutions (splitting high-speed connections into
multiple lower-speed channels). The high-speed interconnect market
– which includes active optical cables, active electrical cables,
direct attach copper cables, and others – is expected to grow to
$17.1B by 2028, up from $10.7B in 2021 according to a market
forecast report from The Insight Partners.
The Keystone Family
The Keystone 5nm DSP family caters to 400G and 800G
applications, featuring a groundbreaking 106.25Gbps host side
electrical I/O, aligning with the line side interface rate.
Available variants support single-mode optics (EML and SiPh),
multimode optics (VCSEL transceivers and AOCs), and Active
Electrical Cables (AECs), offering comprehensive solutions with
companion TIAs.
Host side interfaces cover ethernet rates of 25G, 50G, and 100G
per lane over C2M, MR, and LR host channels. The line side
interfaces, tailored for 100G/λ DR, FR, and LR applications, also
support these rates. These devices boast extensive DSP
functionality, encompassing line-side transmitter DPD, TX FIR,
receiver FFE, and DFE.
With exceptional performance and signal integrity, these DSPs
occupy a compact footprint (12mm x 13mm), ideal for next-gen module
form-factors like QSFP-DD800 and OSFP800. Additionally, they are
available as Known Good Die (KGD) for denser applications, such as
OSFP-XD.
About MaxLinear, Inc.
MaxLinear, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXL) is a leading provider of radio
frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated
circuits for access and connectivity, wired and wireless
infrastructure, and industrial and multimarket applications.
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