10 Gbps Design Solution Enables Immediate Deployment of the XFP Module
Standard
SAN JOSE, Calif. and BOSTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Embedded
Systems Conference (ESC) today, Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX), announced the
immediate availability of its RocketPHY(TM) XFP design kit featuring Xilinx's
RocketPHY 10 Gbps physical layer transceivers. The kit includes a host board
designed to accommodate a 10 Gigabit small form-factor pluggable (XFP) optical
transceiver, and enables an easy migration path from the 300-pin MSA optical
transponder modules to the emerging XFP optical transceiver module
specification. The XFP board is ideal for applications requiring high-speed
serial interface in the MAN, WAN, LAN and SAN. Visit http://www.xilinx.com/rocketphy
for the latest information on RocketPHY and available design kits.
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The RocketPHY XFP design kit allows telecom, datacom, and storage system
OEMs to easily deploy low cost XFP modules into their existing systems without
consuming internal design resources. The RocketPHY XFP design kit can also be
used to evaluate third party XFP module vendors, or for interoperability
testing between different XFP modules and the RocketPHY 10 Gbps physical layer
transceiver. Xilinx has validated interoperability with the leading XFP
modules currently available.
"Our customers are demanding low cost, XFP compliant interface solutions
and Xilinx is uniquely positioned to deliver on both counts," said
Ray Johnson, vice president and general manager of the Communications
Technology Division at Xilinx. "The RocketPHY XFP design kit dramatically
reduces the cost and complexity of deploying the new XFP optical module
standard by offering a pre-engineered, re-configurable solution without
requiring our customers to expend additional design resources."
The RocketPHY XFP board may be operated in a standalone configuration for
demonstration and evaluation purposes, or connected via the industry standard
300-pin MSA connector to a user's system (line card) in place of a traditional
300-pin MSA optical module for in-system evaluation. The board will fit into
most MSA footprints, including the Small Form Factor (SFF) 300-pin MSAs. A
Xilinx CoolRunner-II CPLD is also on board to allow reconfiguration of all
control pins routed to and from the 300-pin MSA connector. In addition to the
RocketPHY on-chip loopback mode, a separate loopback board is provided with
the kit to enable external parallel side RX to TX loopback. The loop
backboard can also be used to set fixed 16-bit words on the parallel TX input
to enable fixed pattern testing and system debug.
Price and Availability
The RocketPHY XFP kits are currently available with or without an XFP
module. Each kit includes the RocketPHY XFP board with the XFP 30-pin
connector, cage, heat sink, external loopback board, and CD-ROM with all
applicable documentation, including data sheets, user guides, BOMs,
schematics, and Gerber files of the board design. Option one of the XFP kit
(PN#: HWK-RPHY2XFP), without the XFP module, is priced at $1995 in small
quantities. Option two of the XFP kit (PN#: HWK-RPHY2XFP-M) includes a
third-party XFP optical transceiver module and is priced at $3495. Xilinx
also offers an available RocketPHY Evaluation kit. This kit includes an Eval
board with SMA connectors for detailed device performance evaluation.
Qualified customers can order these and other kits by contacting a Xilinx
sales office. Visit http://www.xilinx.com/company/sales/offices.htm for sales office
information.
About RocketPHY
The RocketPHY family of 10Gbps single-chip physical layer transceivers are
optimized for optical interface applications and are compliant with industry
LAN, WAN, SAN and MAN standards including Telcordia GR-253, ITU-T, OIF and
IEEE 802.3ae. The RocketPHY family of CMOS serial to 16-bit devices supports
operation from 9.9532 -- 10.709 Gbps. The parallel side interface of the
RocketPHY family directly interfaces to Xilinx FPGAs and other industry
standard framers and MACs through XSBI and SFI-4 (OIF99.102) 16 bit
differential LVDS interfaces. The RocketPHY family supports SONET OC-192, SDH
STM-64, G.709, 10Gigabit Ethernet and 10Gigabit Fibre Channel applications.
Additional information about RocketPHY solutions can be found at
http://www.xilinx.com/rocketphy.
About Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. is the worldwide leader of programmable logic and
programmable system solutions. Additional information about Xilinx is
available at http://www.xilinx.com.
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