Lucent Technologies Introduces 2.5 GBPS Transceiver For InfiniBand and Fibre Channel Systems
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ALLENTOWN, Pa., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU - news) Microelectronics Group, the world leader in communications semiconductors, today announced a low-power, 2.5 gigabits per second (gbps) integrated circuit (IC) for computing/server and enterprise platforms. Lucent is among the first to bring to market a solution which supports the new InfiniBand(TM) technology.
Designated LU6X31FT, this physical layer (PHY) transceiver provides the serializer-deserializer (SERDES) function with a 10-bit interface in 2.5 gbps, 2.125 gbps, and 1.0625 gbps InfiniBand and Fibre Channel applications. The LU6X31FT is compatible with the latest InfiniBand architecture and with the Fibre Channel X3T11 specification, which requires devices to operate at both 2.125 gbps and 1.0625 gbps data rates. When used in Fibre Channel applications, the LU6X31FT automatically switches speeds between 2.125 gbps and 1.0625 gbps, depending on the speed of the traffic on the system. Using a serializer-deserializer technology developed by Bell Labs, the LU6X31FT supports serial data transmissions over fiber, twisted pair, or coaxial media, and offers very low power consumption, dissipating less than one watt.
``Companies developing InfiniBand and 2.1 gbps Fibre Channel systems need fundamental technology to start prototyping systems,' said Cindy Genther, director, computer I/O products for Lucent's Microelectronics Group. ``This is the first in a portfolio of InfiniBand products that Lucent will offer to customers who are building greater capacity, speed and functionality into next-generation computing and storage platforms,'said Genther. Lucent is a sponsoring member of the InfiniBand Trade Association, a consortium of companies working together to meet the growing demands of the Internet economy and distributed computing.
``Process modularity, which is the ability to mix technology modules, plays an integral part in the performance and power minimization of the LU6X31FT, an automatically switchable, low-power IC,' explained Dave Thompson, technical manager for high-speed I/O development with Bell Laboratories. ``Critical analog and digital circuits in the LU6X31FT transceiver are implemented with different topologies to ensure immunity to power supply, substrate and other common mode noise sources. Pseudo-ECL logic, implemented with Lucent's BiCMOS process module, is used in the timing recovery circuits of the receiver. Once the data has been retimed, conventional high-performance CMOS logic is used to minimize power dissipation.'
Pricing and availability
Samples of the LU6X31FT are available now and volume production is expected by 2Q00. Pricing for the LU6X31FT is U.S. $18.00 in quantities of 10,000.
For product literature, customers in the U.S. may call the Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group Customer Response Center at 800-372-2447, Dept. N32. In Canada, call 1-800-553-2448, Dept. N32. International customers should fax their request to 610-712-4106, or write to Lucent Technologies, Room 30L-15P-BA 555 Union Blvd., Allentown, PA 18103.
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