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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
XILINX DELIVERS 10 Gbps TRANSCEIVERS WITH NEW
ROCKETPHY FAMILY
Industry's lowest cost SONET compliant CMOS physical
layer transceiver family
extends serial technology leadership
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 6, 2003 - At the Programmable World 2003
show today, Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX), announced the immediate
availability of its RocketPHY family of devices - the FPGA industry's
first 10 Gbps silicon. Based on a standard CMOS technology, the
RocketPHY family of physical layer transceivers (PHYs) provides
optimal performance, cost, and power consumption through the integration
of transmitter and receiver functions and key features that help
simplify the cost and complexity of design. Xilinx is the first
programmable logic supplier - and among the first in the ASIC market
- to deliver CMOS solutions at 10 Gbps that meet SONET compliant
jitter.
Xilinx RocketPHY 10 Gbps serial to 16-bit transceivers seamlessly
interface to the industry's leading Virtex-II PRO FPGA families
in addition to standard Framer and Media Access Controller (MAC)
ASSPs, through a highly flexible 16-bit LVDS interface which is
compliant to both OIF SFI-4 and IEEE 802.3ae XSBI standards.
"Today's launch of our RocketPHY 10 Gbps family extends our
leadership position and demonstrates our prowess in designing and
delivering high speed serial technologies," said Rich Sevcik,
senior vice president and general manager of the Programmable Logic
Systems Group at Xilinx. "A key component of our vision to
deliver leading edge serial solutions began with our acquisition
of RocketChips approximately two years ago. This strategic move
brought R&D expertise into Xilinx that's absolutely essential
for the successful deployment of serial connectivity solutions.
Today, a team within the Communication Technology Division (CTD)
is wholly focused on advanced projects such as RocketPHY, aimed
at making the High-Speed Serial Initiative vision a reality."
In related news today, Xilinx unveiled its Virtex-II Pro X FPGA
architecture - the world's first FPGA to incorporate 10 Gbps serial
transceivers. When combined with RocketPHY physical layer transceivers,
Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs can deliver comprehensive solutions for 10
Gbps SONET, Fibre Channel, and Ethernet applications from the optical
module through the backplane. By providing footprint compatibility
between Virtex-II Pro and Virtex-II Pro X FPGA families, Xilinx
is the world's only supplier to provide such a wide range of serial
connectivity solutions, from 622 Mbps to 10.709 Gbps. This extensive
scalability provides designers with a proven path to meet evolving
system requirements today and tomorrow.
"The addition of 10 Gbps I/Os to programmable logic devices
will accelerate the industry's transition to integrated framer-PHY
and MAC-PHY devices," said Allan Armstrong, director of communications
semiconductors at telecommunications analyst firm RHK, Inc. "As
the industry struggles to regain profitability, programmable logic
can help reduce R&D costs which will help system vendors commit
to new 10 Gbps designs. This low-cost roadmap to 10 Gbps will enable
the acceptance of XFP optical modules, reduce total system power
dissipation, and increase line card and blade density."
Xilinx: Making High-Speed Serial Initiative Vision a Reality
Today
Today's announcements mark another major milestone for the Xilinx
"High-Speed Serial Initiative" initiative, established
to accelerate the industry's migration from parallel to high-speed
serial I/O by delivering a new generation of connectivity solutions
for system designers. The trend toward high-speed serial connectivity
is being driven by companies across a wide range of industries as
a means to reduce system costs, simplify system design, and provide
scalability to keep pace with current and future bandwidth requirements.
Serial solutions will ultimately be deployed in nearly every aspect
of every electronic product imaginable, from chip-to-chip interfacing,
backplane connectivity and system boards to box-to-box communications.
"Xilinx continues to impress us with their leadership and vision
in developing a total package of solutions for systems vendors such
as Luminous Networks," said Dr. Charles Barry, founder and
chief technical officer at Luminous Networks. "The RocketPHY
and Virtex-II Pro X families are exactly what we've been looking
for to develop our 10Gbps networking telecommunication products,
quickly, cost-effectively and flexibly. Xilinx is already head and
shoulders above their competitors and RocketPHY and Virtex-II Pro
X further extends their lead."
About RocketPHY
Xilinx RocketPHY transceivers were designed for a wide range of
applications ranging from the MAN, WAN, LAN and SAN markets. The
Xilinx RocketPHY family of transceivers meet OC-192 SONET/SDH STM-64,
FEC (G.709), 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and emerging 10 Gigabit Fibre
Channel standards. RocketPHY supports optical transponder modules
such as 300-pin Multi Source Agreement (MSA) as well as 10Gigabit
small form-factor pluggable (XFP) applications, which will be critical
in bringing 10Gigabit technology to the masses. Considered the future
of low cost optical networking, XFP optical transceiver modules
require one-fifth the space and one-half the power at one-third
the cost, combined with the added benefit of being protocol agnostic.
The RocketPHY family of physical layer transceivers are optimized
for optical interconnect applications and are compliant with industry
standards including Telcordia, ITU-T, OIF and IEEE 802.3ae. The
family of devices supports operation from 9.9532 - 10.709 Gbps.
These transceivers, also known as serializer/deserializer (SERDES),
have fully integrated clock multiplication unit (CMU) and clock/data
recovery (CDR) circuitry to form a complete single-chip solution.
The RocketPHY family consists of the XGC1120-RocketPHY 10G Ultra
MSA which supports SONET OC-192, SDH STM-64, G.709, 10Gigabit Ethernet
and 10Gigabit Fibre Channel applications; the XGC1121-RocketPHY
10G SONET/SDH which supports SONET OC-192, SDH-STM-64, applications;
and the XGC1320-RocketPHY 10GE/10GFC which supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet
and 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel applications.
About the Xilinx High-Speed Serial Initiative Initiative
Through the High-Speed Serial Initiative initiative, Xilinx is providing
solutions for a wide range of serial connectivity applications across
multiple markets including networking, telecommunications, and enterprise
storage markets, which are expected o reach a total of over 1.7
billion USD in 2005, according to the 2002 Switching & Routing
and Optical Transport Semiconductors report from RHK, and the 2002
Advanced Bus and Interface Markets and Trends report from Electronic
Trend Publications.
Pricing and Availability
All three RocketPHY family members are available for sample now,
with production scheduled for Q4 of 2003. RocketPHY devices are
offered in a 256 PBGA. 2004 projected 5K unit pricing for the XGC1120
is $99, the XGC1121 $89, and the XGC1320 $79. RocketPHY evaluation
kits are available for purchase by qualified customers. For complete
information about the RocketPHY family of transceivers, visit www.xilinx.com/rocketphy.
A variety of solutions and applications based upon the RocketPHY
and Virtex-II ProX families, including a new segment on optical
modules, can be found on Xilinx' eSP web portal at www.xilinx.com/esp/.
About Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) is the worldwide leader of programmable
logic solutions. Additional information about Xilinx is available
at www.xilinx.com.
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