Velio Communications introduced SerDes (Serializer/Deserializer) chips for the 10-Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel markets. The SerDes devices convert 10-Gigabit Media Independent Interfaces (XGMII) data to serial 10-Gigabit Attachment Unit Interfaces (XAUI) data. The first device differs from the second in that it has a redundant serial XAUI interface for working/protection backplane applications. Both chips can also operate at 4 x 3.1875 Gbps, making them suitable for 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel applications.
Velio also announced its first high-speed octal retimer/repeater, which resolves backplane transmission errors prevalent in high-speed networking systems by recovering noisy serial input signals, reducing jitter and boosting amplitude, and then re-transmitting the serial signal across a variety of media. Velio’s octal retimer/repeater provides error-free transmission over two meters of FR4 backplane or 15 meters of copper cabling at 10-Gigabit Ethernet, 1-Gigabit to 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel, OC-48 and Infiniband data rates.
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