Fujitsu Introduces 10 Gbps Ethernet Switch Chip

Fujitsu Microelectronics America introduced a 10 Gbps Ethernet switch chip developed for layer 2 functions in high-performance servers and advanced storage systems. The new chip incorporates twelve 10 Gbps Ethernet ports along with high-speed buffer memories and high-speed I/O macros. Aggregate total bandwidth is 240 Gbps. A XAUI SERDES interface and 10 Gbps Ethernet MAC are provided. Development of the device was partially funded by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), a government agency. Fujitsu predicts its chip will help reduce the per-port price of 10 GigE switches to approximately $200, from current levels of about $20,000. The chip, which is currently sampling, is fabricated using Fujitsu’s 0.11-micron process. Prices start at US $750 each in 10,000-unit quantities.
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