Marvell Introduces Industry's First-to-Market 40nm Ultra-Low Power Octal Gigabit Ethernet Transceivers

The Alaska V 88E1680 transceiver supports EEE technology when interfaced with EEE-aware MAC devices and legacy devices that do not support EEE, enabling a seamless migration to standards-based EEE networking solutions. The 88E1680 transceiver, with innovative mixed-signal design techniques, offers 2x cable performance compared to IEEE 802.3 requirements, all in a small, cost-effective package. With a high level of integration and enriched features, the Alaska V 88E1680 transceiver sets a new standard in energy savings for next-generation cloud infrastructures.

Key Facts:

Energy efficiency and high performance are key components for next-generation public and private cloud infrastructures
Space-saving, cost-optimized packages enable high port densities and modular applications
The Alaska V 88E1680 transceiver addresses the need for energy-efficient cloud architectures and solidifies Marvell's leadership in gigabit Ethernet transceivers.
The 88E1680 device is sampling to tier-one customers


Product Highlights:

At 280mW/port active power consumption, the Alaska V 88E1680 transceiver is the lowest power gigabit PHY in the industry
Support for EEE standards with new generation of EEE MAC devices with legacy or non EEE-aware MAC while being fully backward compatible
Cable-length performance of up to 200m over standard Cat5/5e
Supports widely adopted MAC interface – QSGMII – and combines 4 SGMII interfaces into single differential pairs of signals operating at a 5G data rate, thus lowering pin count, board complexity and power consumption up to 50 percent
Supports Synchronous Ethernet and IEEE 1588v2 time-stamping features for time-aware applications
Proven to work with low-cost magnetics while lowering EMI
Thermally efficient package eliminates the need for fans or heat-sinks, which allows for a small form factor