Applied Micro Circuits Corporation has declared the availability of samples and evaluation boards of S28010 Gearbox integrated circuit devices for 100 GB Ethernet and OTU4 optical interfaces.
With the S28010, the high-power 100GBASE-xR4 and OTU4 optical modules with a single-chip CMOS device can perform up to 28.1 Gbps. The efficiency of S28010 Gearbox will be demonstrated by AppliedMicro at OFC/NFOEC 2012 in Los Angeles, scheduled between March 6 and 8, 2012.
Advanced CFP modules that meet the standards of 100GBASE-LR4, 100GBASE-ER4 and OTU4.4 are being designed to extend optical connection speeds ranging from 10 Gbps to 100 Gbps for routing and switching equipment in client interfaces and data centers, benefiting service providers. However there are certain limitations due to complex SiGe or FPGA integrated circuits. The S28010 Gearbox enables system designs in Fibre –channel, Etherne and Optical Transport Network traffic. It also improves the performance of low-power CMOS process equivalent to SiGe operation.
According to the Vice President of AppliedMicro’s Transport Business Unit, George Jones, the S28010 is specifically fabricated to enable module vendors to deliver CFP-based solutions that use a single chip to support Ethernet, Fibre-channel and Optical Transport Networks, surpassing jitter requirements. In addition, the S28010 supports metro applications through combined ODB precoding and decoding.
AppliedMicro’s Gearbox meets the standards of the OIF-28G-SR, CFP MSA and IEEE802.3ba. It is capable of translating the 10-lane, 10 Gbps CAUI electrical interface to 4-lanes with performance ranging from 25.7 Gbps up to 28.1 Gbps. The optimized single-chip solution minimizes module bill of materials and demonstrates less than 50% of comparable 2-chip BiCMOS solutions with power consumption less than 4 W, resulting in decreased operational costs, minimal system heat and high performance.