Amphenol, Molex and National Semiconductor Demonstrate Fiber-Optic Transmission Technology at DesignCon Conference

Amphenol, Molex and National Semiconductor have demonstrated a new transmission technology at the DesignCon conference that was held in Silicon Valley.

The new 28 Gbps fiber-optic transmission technology drives 400 and 100 Gbps interfaces in latest data center systems.

According to National Semiconductor, the company has successfully demonstrated the 28 Gbps quad-channel retimer technology that consumes minimum power. The transmission technology is based on the company’s analog technology and the silicon-germanium BiCMOS process. It allows 28 Gbps data path retimers for chip-to-chip, chip-to-backplane and chip-to-optics interfaces.

Molex’ Group Product Manager for the Integrated Products division, Greg Walz stated that the latest systems require a combination of interface ICs, interconnects and ASICs to support 100 Gbps. He added that National’s retimer ICs, when integrated with the company’s interconnects, will allow system vendors to attain 100 Gbps I/O and backplane solutions for InfiniBand and Ethernet applications.