Inphi Samples Industry First 100Gbps Porrima Single Lambda PAM4 Platform Solution for QSFP28 and SFP-DD 100GBASE-DR/FR Optica...
July 16 2018 - 8:00AM
Inphi Corporation (NYSE:IPHI), a leader in high-speed data movement
interconnects, today announced the expansion of its 16nm Porrima™
Single-Lambda Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4) platform
family, with the complete 100Gbps/56GBaud platform solution for
100G QSFP28 and SFP-DD DR/FR optical modules for wired network
infrastructure including hyperscale cloud data center, service
provider, wireless 5G and enterprise networks.
Inphi’s 16nm Porrima 100G platform solution
represents the industry’s best performance platform that includes
field-proven PAM4 DSP technology, Linear TIA and Driver for PAM4
based client optical modules. Built from the same foundation as the
400Gbps 16nm PAM4 DSP announced at OFC 2018 earlier this year, the
new 100Gbps variant avails of all the benefits - experience
from five generations of DSP development, each of which have been
field deployed starting 2016, optical platform expertise and an API
based DSP software suite that will achieve quick time to market
with the right trade-offs in power and performance. The Porrima
100G platform enables the anticipated fast ramp of 100G DR QSFP
optics inside megascale cloud data centers and wireless 5G
deployment. Porrima 100G DSP supports all relevant IEEE PCS and
KR/KP FEC options for legacy support and backward compatibility
with 3.2T and 6.4T switches with 25G NRZ I/O.
“The industry shipped upwards of three million
100Gbps optical modules last year and is expected to double that in
2018, with the largest share of them being four-laser 100Gbps CWDM
modules for single mode fiber,” said Dale Murray, Principal Analyst
for LightCounting Market Research. “The Inphi 100G Porrima platform
will enable single-laser, full-duplex single-mode 100Gbps optical
modules that could be more cost effective than the four-laser
variants and will also support breakout with 400G-DR4 for dense
100Gbps fabrics.”
“We are very excited to deliver yet another
industry first with our latest 100G Porrima platform offering,”
said Siddharth Sheth, SVP, Networking Interconnects at Inphi. “The
Porrima 100G is ideally suited for both QSFP and SFP module form
factors, offering our customers both legacy QSFP support and an
upgrade path to higher density 100Gbps with the upcoming 12.8T
switches.”
Key attributes and benefits of the new
Porrima 100G PAM4 platform:
- Low power consumption for next
generation 100Gbps module applications, enabling <3.5W DR/FR
optical modules per IEEE standards and MSA
- Also, enables the DR/FR optical
modules for legacy 3.2/6.4T switches while offering an effortless
upgrade path for 12.8T switches
- Optimally designed DSP and TIA receive
chain for power-performance trade-offs
- Enables customers to develop a 100Gbps
optical interconnects in a compact form factor for applications
with up to 10km
- The supporting IN5630DE Linear
Driver and IN566x Linear TIA provide packaging flexibility for
excellent linearity, high bandwidth, adjustable gain to optimize
the PAM4 system performances and wide dynamic range to meet the
different performance and link requirements for optical
applications
- Implemented in small form factor and
power efficiency on proven, high-volume 16nm process technology
node, ensuring fastest time to production
Porrima 100G Product
Family:Porrima 100G PAM4 DSP IC provides a full
bi-directional interface with host ASICs that have 28GBaud PAM4and
NRZ electrical interfaces while bridging to 56GBaud optics. The
product family can support PAM4 or NRZ signaling, with packaging
options specifically designed for the following optics modules:
- Porrima 100G – 4x25Gbps NRZ <->
1x100Gbps PAM4 for 100G QSFP28 DR
- Porrima 100G – 2x50Gbps PAM4 <->
1x100Gbps PAM4 for QSFP28/uQSFP/SFP-DD
Additional Porrima technical features
include:
- Fifth generation InphiNity™ DSP Engine
with a unique mixed-mode DSP architecture for high performance, low
power applications needing adaptability and configurability
- Numerous self-test and loopback modes
that allow diagnostic monitoring of channel and system
parameters
- Modular API software suite that covers
link margin and stress testing along with data and error
analytics
- Forward error correction (FEC)
functionality for 100Gbps optics are integrated and software
configurable
IN5630DE Linear Driver Product
Family: The IN5630DE is a 56GBaud low power single channel
linear driver for PAM4 optical modules. Features include:
- Excellent linearity, high bandwidth,
adjustable gain to optimize the PAM4 system performances
- Low-power modulator driver in bare die
form
IN566x Linear TIA: The IN5661TA is
a 56GBaud low power single channel linear TIA for PAM4 optical
modules. Features include:
- Wide dynamic range to meet the
different performance and link requirements for optical
applications
- Excellent signal integrity necessary
for PAM4 modulation schemes
- Low-power and small form factor
About InphiInphi Corporation is a
leader in high-speed data movement interconnects. We move big data
- fast, throughout the globe, between data centers, and inside data
centers. Inphi's expertise in signal integrity results
in reliable data delivery, at high speeds, over a variety of
distances. As data volumes ramp exponentially due to video
streaming, social media, cloud-based services, and wireless
infrastructure, the need for speed has never been greater. That's
where we come in. Customers rely on Inphi's solutions to develop
and build out the Service Provider and Cloud infrastructures, and
data centers of tomorrow. To learn more about Inphi,
visit www.inphi.com.
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