DSP powered 4-channel 10 Gb Ethernet physical layer (PHY) device from Broadcom

Broadcom has unveiled BCM84750, a quad-channel 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) physical layer (PHY) devices for hot pluggable Small Form-factor Pluggable transceiver + (SFP+) modules supporting both optical fiber and copper wire.

Broadcom claims BCM84750 offers a savings of approximately 30 percent over competing 65nm CMOS solutions and uses high-speed DSP technology advantages over competing analog solutions

The key features of this device are,

Low power consumption
Meets IEEE 802.3aq standard.
Features Broadcom's electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) equalizer technology to extent the transmission distance.
Support for 8/4/2G Fibre Channel.
Support all 10G PHY standards including 10GBASE-T, 10GBASE-KR, 10GBASE-LRM, 10GBASE-SR/LR and 10GBASE-ER/ZR.

Lorenzo Longo, Vice President & General Manager, Broadcom's High-Speed Interconnect Products line of business said, "Our new 40nm 10GbE PHY offerings leverage our existing DSP architecture to deliver superior performance and scalability for data center applications, and with ultra low power consumption, addresses the power and cooling issues that face today's data center operators. IT professionals can scale their capacity while preserving their existing fiber infrastructure by upgrading from 1GbE to 10GbE and beyond to 40GbE."