Xilinx Demonstrates Cost and Power Reductions for 40G OTN Muxponder With Partial Reconfiguration Technology at OFC 2010

Network operators can reduce overall capital expenditures (CapEx) and operating expenses (OpEx) with 'on-the-fly' reconfiguration of a selected port or multiple ports without having to power down the entire line card and when other ports are still up and running.

Using the unique partial reconfiguration capabilities available with Xilinx's high-performance Virtex(R) FPGAs, developers can also reduce muxponder size by 30 to 40 percent and lower power consumption as compared to devices without partial reconfiguration. Demonstrations by Xilinx and Avalon can be seen at OFC 2010 from March 23rd through March 25th at the San Diego Convention Center in Xilinx booth #3121 and Avalon booth #3231.

The rapid deployment of residential video and boom of advanced personal and business services traffic continues to drive the evolution of wired communications to 40G and 100G OTN. At the same time, system operators and network carriers are being pushed toward integrated networking solutions to deliver any-port and any-service with lower costs, reduced power, and high quality of service, said Gilles Garcia, director of wired communications business at Xilinx. Our partial reconfiguration capabilities leverage the aggressive performance of Virtex devices and Avalon's IP to enable cost and power reductions for wired communications. They also preserve the investments of telecomm equipment providers by enabling in-field system and port upgrades with the latest protocols and standards for longer time in market.