Inphi Porrima PAM4 Platform Named Winner in 2019 Lightwave Innovation Reviews Program
March 05 2019 - 8:05AM
Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI), a leader in high-speed data
movement interconnects, today announced that its 16nm 400Gbps
Porrima™ Single-Lambda Pulse Amplitude Modulation
(PAM4) platform was recognized as a winner in the 2019
Lightwave Innovation Reviews program in the Communications
Semiconductors and Electrical ICs category. The company will be
showcasing the platform at its booth #4013 at OFC 2019 in San
Diego, March 4-7, 2019.
Inphi’s Porrima platform solution represents the
industry’s first sampling platform that is based on multiple
generations of field-proven PAM4 DSP technology, Linear TIA and
Driver for up to 400G client optical modules. The Porrima PAM4
Platform is focused on 400GbE cloud networks and offers a fast time
to market that spans EML, DML and Silicon Photonics based optical
front ends for the upcoming 12.8T switch generation.
“The 4.5 score Inphi’s Porrima received was well
earned,” said Stephen Hardy, editorial director of Lightwave and
program manager of the Lightwave Innovation Reviews. “Our judges
noted Porrima’s performance and the significance of enabling
single-lambda 100G in their comments.”
“Inphi is elated to accept this award three years
running for our PAM4 DSP platform innovation for wired network
infrastructure, including hyperscale cloud data center, service
provider and enterprise networks,” said Xi Wang, director of
product marketing, Networking Interconnect at Inphi. “We are
consistently redefining the possibilities of data centers and are
proud that both Lightwave reviews and our customers agree that our
400G Porrima platform is the first complete 56GBaud platform
solution that delivers unprecedented performance and power
efficiency for the upcoming 12.8T switch generation.”
The Lightwave Innovation Reviews is in its fourth
year of recognizing and celebrating the industry's most unique
products and solutions that help optical communications
professionals worldwide drive improvements and innovation in
optical technology. Executives at Ciena, Intel, Lumentum,
LightCounting Market Research, and Adva were among the third-party
judges for the 2019 Innovation Reviews. Criteria used in the
Innovation Reviews rankings include, first and foremost, unique
technology or application thereof, innovation, ease of use,
efficiency, reliability and contribution to profitability.
Key attributes and benefits of the 400Gbps
Porrima PAM4 platform: • Low power consumption for
next generation module applications, enabling <10W DR4/FR4
optical modules per IEEE standards and MSA • Enables DR1/FR1
optical modules for legacy 3.2/6.4T switches while offering an
upgrade path for 12.8T switches • Optimally designed DSP and TIA
receive chain for power-performance trade-offs • Enables customers
to develop a 400Gbps optical interconnects in a compact form factor
for applications with up to 10km • The supporting IN563x 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 16nm Product Family:
Porrima 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, and both Retiming and Gearbox functionality
with packaging specifically designed for the following optics
modules: • Porrima 400G – 8x56Gbps PAM4 <-> 4x100Gbps PAM4
for QSFP-DD/oSFP/COBO • Porrima 100G – 4x25Gbps NRZ <->
1x100Gbps PAM4 for QSFP • Porrima 100G- 2x50Gbps PAM4 <->
1x100Gbps PAM4 for QSFP/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 100G
and 400G optics are integrated
IN563x Linear Driver Product
Family: The IN5630DE/IN5634SE is a 56GBaud low power
single/quad 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 small package or in bare die form
IN566x Linear TIA: The
IN5661TA/5664TA is a 56GBaud low power single/quad 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 Lightwave For more than 30
years, Lightwave (www.lightwaveonline.com) has delivered trusted
technical, application and business insights to senior-level
decision makers for optical communications worldwide. Lightwave
serves technology vendors, communications carriers and major
enterprises with a complete and nuanced picture of the optical
communications business environment. Lightwave is a valued
information source for information related to FTTx, networking,
equipment design, MSO optics, and test and measurement for
corporate executives, department heads, project managers, network
engineers and others making strategic decisions that are critical
to the success of their businesses. Lightwave is a unit of PennWell
Corporation.
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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