- The 800G DSP is part of MaxLinear’s new Keystone family of
highly integrated, low power 5nm CMOS PAM4 DSPs, that addresses a
range of 400G and 800G datacenter applications
- Keystone represents the leading 5nm CMOS radio-frequency and
analog mixed-signal system-on-chip products developed in
partnership with TSMC, the world’s leading semiconductor foundry.
It leverages TSMC’s 5nm technology for both low-power digital and
high-performance analog applications.
MaxLinear, Inc. (NYSE: MXL), a leading provider of radio
frequency (RF), analog, digital and mixed-signal integrated
circuits, announced today that the company will showcase the
industry’s first 5nm CMOS 800Gbps PAM4 DSP for data center
applications at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and
Exhibition (OFC) from June 6 to June 11, 2021. This 800G DSP is
part of MaxLinear’s new Keystone family of 5nm CMOS PAM4 DSPs
available for customers.
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Keystone represents MaxLinear’s third generation of PAM4 DSPs.
It enables small form factors, offers high integration and
best-in-class power consumption, and has the flexibility to address
multiple optical transceiver use cases and end markets. Keystone
DSPs can address both 400G and 800G optical module applications.
The extremely low power consumption and small form factor of
Keystone enables both sub-8Watt 400G optical module designs
(QSFP112 and QSFP-DD) and sub-15Watt 800G designs (QSFP-DD800 and
OSFP). Similar to MaxLinear’s previous generation Telluride PAM4
DSP family (MxL9351x and MxL9354x), the Keystone family (MxL9364x,
MxL9368x) also includes a monolithically integrated single-ended
driver ideally suited for optical transceiver module
implementations using electro-absorption modulated lasers (EMLs).
Additionally, it features an optional monolithically integrated
high-swing differential driver that can be used for direct drive of
silicon photonics (SiPh) based modulators.
“With the exponential growth of data traffic within hyperscale
cloud networks, the needed increase in interconnect bandwidth in
those networks requires lower-power, higher-density optical modules
that support higher lane rates,” said Drew Guckenberger, Vice
President of Optical Interconnect at MaxLinear. “We are extremely
excited to announce the availability of our Keystone family of 5nm
CMOS PAM4 DSPs, specifically designed to address these
requirements. With our third generation Keystone DSP design, and
the power advantages of 5nm CMOS technology, we are directly
addressing our customers’ critical needs for low power, highly
integrated, high performance interconnect solutions in next
generation hyperscale cloud networks.”
“We’re pleased to see the result of our collaboration with
MaxLinear, a strategic technology partner of TSMC, in developing
and manufacturing its leading PAM4 DSPs on TSMC’s 5nm technology to
address the rapidly growing cloud datacenter network infrastructure
market,” said Alex You, Vice President of Business Management, TSMC
North America. “The Keystone family of SoCs are amongst the first
radio-frequency mixed-signal digital SoCs leveraging TSMC’s 5nm
CMOS process. The excellent power, seamless integration, and
performance benchmarks set by Keystone are a testament to the
advanced capabilities of our process technology, and also to
MaxLinear’s design expertise in the most advanced processes.”
Technical Details
Keystone is a family of highly integrated PAM4 DSP SoCs that
enable 400G/800G optical interconnects. This is the first
generation to provide 106.25Gbps host side electrical I/O to match
the line side 106.25Gbps interface rate. This is a crucial
capability for next generation 25.6T switch interfaces.
The Keystone family’s host side interfaces support
25.78125/25.5625/53.125/106.25Gbps signaling per lane over C2M host
channels. The line side interfaces also support the same rates and
are targeted for 100G/λ DR, FR, and LR applications. All devices
provide extensive DSP functionality, including line-side
transmitter digital pre-distortion (DPD), transmit pre-emphasis (TX
FIR), receiver feed forward equalization (FFE) and decision
feedback equalization (DFE).
The Keystone family (MxL9364x, MxL9368x) includes both
standalone DSPs and DSPs with monolithically integrated drivers
that offer high-swing differential and single-ended output driver
options to address both SiPh and EML direct drive applications. The
following channel configurations are available in each case:
- 8x50G to 8x50G
- 8x50G to 4x100G
- 4x100G to 4x100G
- 8x100G to 8x100G
These DSPs offer exceptional performance and signal integrity in
a compact (12mm x 12mm) footprint suitable for next generation
optical module form-factors such as QSFP-DD800 and OSFP.
The Keystone family will be on display during the virtual OFC
Conference from June 06 to June 11, 2021. Contact your local
MaxLinear salesperson or email OFC2021@maxlinear.com to arrange a
virtual or face-to-face meeting and demo session.
For additional information on MaxLinear’s data center solutions
and the new Keystone DSP family, visit
www.maxlinear.com/mxl93682.
About MaxLinear, Inc.
MaxLinear, Inc. (NYSE: MXL) is a leading provider of radio
frequency (RF), analog, digital and mixed-signal integrated
circuits for the connectivity and access, wired and wireless
infrastructure, and industrial and multimarket applications.
MaxLinear is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. For more
information, please visit www.maxlinear.com.
MxL and the MaxLinear logo are trademarks of MaxLinear, Inc.
Other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their
respective owners.
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