AMCC Introduces its New Dual 10GBE PHYs QT2225 and QT2235

AMCC’s Dual 10GbE Physical Layer ICs Enable Higher Port Density for 10GBASE-KR/SR/LR/LRM Line Cards and Backplane Applications

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ:AMCC), a global leader in optical transport, embedded Power Architecture™ processing and storage solutions, today announced the QT2225 and QT2235 dual-port XAUI-to-10Gb PHY devices. The QT2225 supports the 10GBASE-SR/LR/LRM SFP+ optical modules and 10GBASE-KR 10G serial backplane connectivity applications. The QT2235 supports system cards using XFP optical modules.

“The 10Gbps market is expanding rapidly and system designers are seeking higher densities for their applications,” stated Jag Bolaria, Senior Analyst for The Linley Group. “The QT2225 and QT2235 products allow customers to reduce the number of chips previously required in their designs by two. The blade server market is a key driver for high density 10Gbps backplane applications while the switch / router market is a key driver for greater 10Gbps port density on line cards. Those industries should be very interested in these two highly integrated products. This announcement demonstrates AMCC’s continuing commitment to this market and provides the company with one of the largest 10GbE PHY portfolio offerings in the industry.”

The QT2225/QT2235 devices are highly integrated ICs for 10GbE, Fibre Channel, LAN, WAN and SAN applications based on XFP and SFP+ optical transceiver modules. The QT2235 supports XFP modules and the QT2225 is ideal for high port density 10G datacom Ethernet switches, NICs, and telecom line card applications with SFP+ optical module requirements. Extensive successful testing has been performed with multiple optical module vendors to deliver maximum standard performances and also to build a large ecosystem to help customers reduce their design cycle times.

The QT2225 supports all SFP+ applications, including 10GBASE-LRM where there is a large installed base of multi-mode fiber (MMF) in corporate backbones. The QT2225 incorporates market-leading electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) and signaling conditioning functions and can operate over 300m of FDDI-grade fiber to provide an extremely cost-effective way to convert these links from speeds as low as 100Mbps to high performance 10Gbps operation.

The QT2225 is also designed to support the IEEE802.3ap™ 10GBASE-KR standard for backplane serial connectivity with a reach of up to 1 meter of PCB. It also provides an optimal design for blade server and high-performance computing system applications.

In addition to 10GbE support, the QT2225 also handles 1GbE data rates to enable backward compatibility and a simple migration path from 1GbE to 10GbE data rates in legacy system card and backplane environments. Lane 0 of each XAUI channel can be independently configured to operate at either a 1.25Gbps or 3.125Gbps data rate, and passed through to the serial high-speed port to be transmitted/received as either a 1GbE or 10GbE signal.

"The new dual 10GbE QT2225 and QT2235 ICs further enhance AMCC's market leadership position by expanding our portfolio of 10 Gigabit Ethernet PHY products," said Neal Neslusan, Director of Marketing for AMCC. "These new product introductions demonstrate AMCC's commitment to the blade server and enterprise Ethernet markets by delivering best-in-class performance and features, robustness, and cost effectiveness that enable our customers to leverage 10 Gigabit speeds over the backplane and higher port densities on the line card."

The QT2225 and QT2235 are sampling now to alpha customers. General availability is scheduled for Q1 2008.

About AMCC

AMCC provides leadership semiconductor solutions to process, transport, and store digital information for the world's wired and wireless networks. As a leading supplier of Power Architecture™ based processors and with world-class expertise in SONET and Ethernet protocol processing and PHY technology our products are the foundation of the IP Communications Revolution. For further information regarding AMCC, please visit our website at http://www.amcc.com.