FPGAs incorporating pulse amplitude modulation transceiver technology move to market
Intel has begun shipping its Intel Stratix 10 TX field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) with 58G PAM4 transceiver technology. By integrating the FPGA with 58G PAM4 technology, Intel Stratix 10 TX FPGAs can double the transceiver bandwidth performance when compared with traditional solutions, says the company.
The bandwidth performance means the Intel Stratix 10 TX FPGAs can provide a connectivity solution for next-generation use cases: optical transport networks, network function virtualization (NFV), enterprise networking, cloud service providers and 5G networks applications where high bandwidth is paramount.
Intel Stratix 10 TX FPGAs provide up to 144 transceiver lanes with serial data rates of 1 to 58 Gbits per second. This combination delivers a high aggregate bandwidth, enabling architects to scale to 100G, 200G and 400G delivery speeds. By supporting dual-mode modulation, 58G PAM4 and 30G NRZ, new infrastructure can reach 58G data rates while staying backward-compatible with existing network infrastructure.
A wide range of hardened intellectual property (IP) cores, including 100GE MAC and FEC, deliver optimised performance, latency and power.
“In this smart and connected world, billions of devices are creating massive amounts of data that need faster, flexible and scalable connectivity solutions,” said Reynette Au, vice-president of marketing, Intel Programmable Solutions Group. “With Stratix 10 TX FPGAs, Intel continues to provide architects with higher transceiver bandwidth and hardened IP to address the insatiable demand for faster and higher-density connectivity.”
Intel is shipping all Intel Stratix 10 FPGA family variants: Intel Stratix 10 GX FPGAs (with 28G transceivers), Intel Stratix 10 SX FPGAs (with embedded quad-core ARM processor), Intel Stratix 10 MX FPGAs (with HBM memory) and the Stratix 10 TX FPGAs (with 58G transceivers).
The Intel Stratix 10 FPGA family utilises Intel’s 14 nm FinFET manufacturing process and incorporates state-of-the-art packaging technology, which includes embedded multi-die interconnect bridge.
Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration.
