MARCH 31, 2010 -- Broadcom Corp., maker of semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, announced its 40 nanometer (nm) quad-channel 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) physical layer (PHY) devices. The products are designed to provide ultra low power consumption and savings of approximately 30 percent over competing 65nm CMOS solutions, says a representative.
The Broadcom BCM84750 series enables the convergence of 10GbE and Fibre Channel equipment in the data center supporting unified networking and storage applications, as well as high-density, high-bandwidth server applications, scaled to support 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GbE) and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) designs in the future.
Utilizing Broadcom's digital signal processing (DSP) technology, the BCM84750 series of quad all-DSP 10GbE PHYs enables IT professionals to preserve existing fiber infrastructures by providing an upgrade path from 1 Gigabit Ethernet (1GbE) to 10GbE and beyond, up to 40GbE. Company executives anticipate this DSP technology, coupled with the 40nm design, will help drive the transition to 10GbE by leveraging the cost-effective SFP+ standard.