Santa Clara, Calif., March 14, 2016 – GLOBALFOUNDRIES, a leading provider of advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology, will exhibit and demonstrate its true long-reach 56Gbps SerDes core at the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) Interoperability booth #3853 on March 21-23, during The Optical Networking and Communication Conference in Los Angeles, CA. Key GF experts will be on hand at OFC to provide insight about its broad range of High-Speed SerDes (HSS) solutions and other innovative, high-performance ASIC solutions.
As a part of GF’s high-performance ASIC offering, FX-14™, GF’s 56Gbps SerDes core supports both PAM4 and NRZ signaling, with the capability to equalize over 35dB of insertion loss, eliminating the need for expensive and power-hungry repeaters currently employed in the most challenging system environments. With a groundbreaking architecture, the 56Gbps SerDes achieves long-reach performance that exceeds emerging 50Gbps industry standards by more than four orders of magnitude in BER.
Features include wide-range operation and sub-rate modes, multi-port configurations with multiple PLLs to allow for simultaneous data rate support, selectable parallel data widths, driver impedance calibration, asynchronous clock-data recovery, and aggressive dynamic equalization capability to enable 56Gbps operation over legacy systems while compensating for environmental variation.
The HS56GB cores are used to upgrade backplane designs that are designed to operate at lower rates. These cores can also replace a moderate-rate, parallel data bus with a single high-speed link. Incorporation of a series of 56G transmission links can enable a significant reduction of ASIC I/O, simplify system integration, and reduce overall system cost.
For more information on the OIF Physical and Link Layer Interoperability Demo at OFC 2017, please visit the OIF website, or for more information on GF’s ASIC solutions, visit www.globalfoundries.com.?
About GLOBALFOUNDRIES
GLOBALFOUNDRIES is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GLOBALFOUNDRIES makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. GLOBALFOUNDRIES is owned by Mubadala Development Company. For more information, visit http://www.globalfoundries.com.
