Chips provide interconnections between data center systems.
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Delivering interconnect at data rates up to 6.25 Gbps over copper cabling or system chassis, Lane Managers monitor performance as well as manage channel power, impedance, and link integrity. Chips are targeted at numerous serial interconnect applications including PCI Express, FiberChannel, Infiniband, SAS, CX4, and OIF CEI. Housed in 7 x 4 mm, 46-pin QFN package, Quad Model QLM4602 operates from 1.2 V over 0-85°C range, consuming 60 mW of power per active channel.
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Quellan Chips Deliver Up to 300% Improvement in Speed or Reach to Data Center Interconnects
Feature Packed 'Lane Managers' Bring PC Economics to Network, Storage, Telecom and Server Platforms
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 7 /-- DesignCon Conference -- Quellan Incorporated today announced a complete family of chips for providing high speed interconnections between data center systems. Quellan's Lane Managers deliver interconnect at data rates of up to 6.25Gbps over copper cabling or system chassis. The Company demonstrated their QLM4503 Lane Manager achieving 5Gbps throughput on a 1.25Gbps system Chassis at the annual DesignCon Conference. This 300% performance improvement was made possible with Quellan's Collaborative Signal Processing CSP(TM) Architecture that provides adaptive noise cancellation and efficient equalization to the channel.
Quellan's Lane Managers also manage channel power, impedance, link integrity and provide performance monitoring -- essentially an analog measure of the signal quality on a real time basis. These capabilities form Quellan's "Signal Integrity Firewall(TM)" for system designers, particularly in the burgeoning Blade Server marketplace where multiple vendor blades must interoperate at the signal and link layer.
The Company's Lane Manager products are targeted at numerous serial interconnect applications including PCI Express, FiberChannel, Infiniband, SAS, CX4 and OIF CEI.
"The full feature set, multi-standard support and high integration of our Lane Managers bring PC economics to data center interconnects," said Tony Stelliga, Quellan's President and CEO. "Increasing density and cost pressures in the data center present a major signal integrity challenge for System Engineers. Quellan's Lane Manager products overcome this challenge with a Signal Integrity Firewall that delivers the highest channel throughput and reach over inexpensive media."
Pricing starts at under $2 per port and operating speeds range from 2.5Gbps to 6.25Gbps. Optional features include single or quad port density, Performance Monitoring and Crosstalk Cancellation. Package sizes range from 3x3mm to 12x12mm depending on port density and functionality.
The QLM4602 is a Quad Lane Manager packaged in a 7mm x 4mm 46-pin QFN package and operates from a 1.2V supply over the 0 to +85 C temperature range, consuming only 60mW of power per active channel. Prices start at $7.95 (10,000 pcs).
Quellan, Inc. is a provider of analog processing semiconductor solutions. Quellan serves the computing, communications, broadcast and radio frequency markets with its Collaborative Signal Processing Architecture. For more information, visit www.quellan.com or contact Melissa Kallos at 408-774-0084.
CONTACT: Melissa Kallos of Quellan Inc., +1-408-774-0084
Web site: www.quellan.com/
