Product category: Intellectual Property Cores
News Release from: Agere Systems | Subject: Serdes core
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 07 December 2004
Serdes core speeds serial I/O to
6.25Gbit/s
Agere Systems has developed a new technology platform for high-speed serial interfaces in storage and enterprise network products.
Agere Systems has developed a new technology platform for high-speed serial interfaces in storage and enterprise network products This semiconductor technology enables disk drive and system manufacturers to design interface solutions across any serial standard for increasing the data throughput up to 6.25Gbit/s between devices in computing, mobile, Ethernet networking and network- and server-attached storage applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Agere's new serdes platform addresses the proliferation of serial interface technology across multiple applications, from emerging Serial ATA (SATA) and PCI Express standards used in PCs to Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS), Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet solutions in enterprise backplane and storage area networks.
All of these market segments require the use of serdes technology to drive serial connectivity.
With power consumption and core size half that of previous Agere serial interface offerings, this serdes solution delivers a tested and validated platform for single-chip serial integration.