Avago Technologies First to Offer SerDes Supporting Intel QuickPath Interconnect

Avago is the only merchant ASIC vendor to offer IP that supports the Intel QuickPath interconnect and worked with Intel to jointly define a co-simulation and interoperability environment for server applications. Avago's broad SerDes offering spans multiple generations, and QuickPath SerDes is the latest addition to a portfolio that will include PCI-Express, Fibre Channel, CX-4, XAUI/ CEI-6G, XFI and 802.3ap. Avago also offers other IP for comuting applications such as fully buffered DIMM (FBD).

Once again, Avago is leading the industry with a high-performance solution that fits the needs of today's market demands, said James Stewart, vice president of Avago Technologies' ASIC products division. Given Avago's solid track record, our SerDes IP is the ideal platform for the first implementation of QuickPath interconnect ASIC technology.

Avago's validated SerDes IP core offers a modular design and multi-rate capbility which is architected to be flexible, highly scalable and deliver industry-best performance. It also provides an on-chip BERT for channel bit-error optimization and an on-chip high speed scope allowing system designers to view, in the time domain, the received signal internal to the chip.

The highly experienced ASIC team at Avago offers a number of different engagement models for Intel QuickPath interconnect users which range from customer-owned physical design (COPD), to traditional ASIC or full custom design. Most recently, Avago announced that its SerDes core is proven to work at 17 Gb NRZ in 65 nm CMOS processing.