Mar 23 2009
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced two new low power, dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) physical layer (PHY) devices that leverage Broadcom's field proven digital signal processing (DSP) technology. These are the industry's first 65 nanometer (nm) CMOS all-DSP 10GbE serial transceivers that enable IT professionals to preserve existing fiber infrastructures by providing a low cost upgrade path from 1 Gigabit Ethernet (1GbE) to 10GbE. The unique Broadcom(R) high-speed DSP technology provides significant performance, manufacturing and reliability advantages over competing analog solutions that will drive the transition to 10GbE by leveraging the cost effective SFP+ standard.
Today's networking equipment, such as high-end routers, network aggregation switches, blade servers and top-of-rack data center switches, require increased densities to address next generation bandwidth and throughput needs of the enterprise. Port counts can vary from 8 to 16 10GbE channels, to as many as 48 channels on next generation 10GbE blade server or enterprise chassis systems. To enable the introduction of these high port count systems, low cost module solutions, such as SFP+ with support for both fiber and direct attached copper interfaces, are starting to ship in volume today.
Broadcom is uniquely positioned to address the needs of the high density SFP+ market with its new BCM8727 dual 10GbE SFI-to-XAUI PHY and BCM8750 dual 10GbE SFI-to-XFI PHY solutions. Both solutions exceed the requirements of the IEEE 802.3aq standard, which was developed to provide a low cost 10x speed upgrade for existing Gigabit Ethernet links in multi-mode fiber applications. By utilizing a PHY based entirely on DSP architecture, enterprise data centers can now achieve higher bandwidth and performance, while maintaining significant savings in cost, resources and manpower when upgrading to 10GbE links.
"We're seeing the demand for network bandwidth growing in every market segment, from consumer to enterprise to service/content providers. As 10GbE technology becomes more cost effective, and with the adoption of newer technologies such as SFP+, we are well positioned to expand our market leadership by leveraging our broad and field proven Ethernet product portfolio and superior technology," said Lorenzo Longo, Vice President & General Manager for Broadcom's High Speed Interconnect Products line of business. "Our new BCM8727 and BCM8750 10GbE PHYs were developed in 65nm CMOS and are the optimal solutions for our customers combining the highest performing DSP technology with low power dissipation."