Vitesse Intros Low Cost High Performance 10 GB Ethernet Transceivers

Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor solutions provider, has added a new member to its VSC8486 series of 10 Gbps XAUI to XFI LAN/WAN transceivers. Named VSC8486-11, the new solution features synchronous Ethernet clocking and offers superior high-speed signals for XFP and SFP+ module-based Carrier Ethernet equipment.

 

The VSC8486-11 runs at a single 1.2V volt supply, needs low electrical power and is compatible with the 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 10G Fibre Channel and WIS network applications

 

In spite of the global economic slow down, the communications traffic and demand for high-performance transceivers has continues to increase.

 

During the calendar year 2008, the annual shipment of 10G ports showed a growth of around 80 to 90 percent when it rose to about two million ports. According to company officials, shipment is projected to increase in 2010 to as high as three to five million ports, with expected growth in terms of port counts by 2013 to be 10 fold.

 

According to Raymond Fontayne, senior product marketing manager at Vitesse, the company has shipped the VSC8486 product family to a variety of customers worldwide and still sees a continuously growing demand for its adopted physical layer products in the marketplace.

 

Vitesse has designed the VSC8486-11 to fit in a 144-pin chip scale package, also known as Flip Chip Ball Grid Array, or “FCBGA,” so that the consumer prices can be limited to a minimum low, keeping in mind the surging demand in today’s 10 GbE market.

 

While the other transceivers feature high-power electronic dispersion compensation, Vitesse has implemented a low-power enhanced FlexEQ architecture in the VSC8486-11 which is equipped with superior circuitry that makes for connector and channel losses.

 

Also, the VSC8486-11 holds good upon the Ethernet IEEE (News - Alert) 802.3ae, and Fibre Channel T11 10 GFC standards in LAN mode, and in WAN mode complies with the SONET jitter specification defined by Bellcore GR253.

 

In June, Vitesse expanded its Gigabit Ethernet products portfolio with industrial grade E-StaX-34, a 28-port Switch-on-a-Chip, or “SoC,” device. And, in September, the company announced the availability of its 11.5 Gbps 144x144 crosspoint switches.