Microsemi and Tamba collaborate to develop new PolarFire devices to deliver industry-leading 10G Ethernet based on low-power FPGAs

Tamba's Ethernet MAC implements 40G data channel applications in Microsemi's PolarFire FPGA

Microsemi Corpora TIon (NYSE: MSC) and Connectivity Intellectual Property (IP), a leading provider of differentiated semiconductor technology solutions for power, safety, reliability and performance Tamba Networks, the leading developer of the core, today announced a joint effort to use Tamba Networks' Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) in its cost-optimized, low-power, medium-sized PolarFireTM programmable logic device (FPGA). Provides industry-leading 10G Ethernet solutions based on low-power FPGAs. Tamba Networks' Ethernet MAC is half the size of competing products and twice the speed of competing products. Not only is it highly secure and unique to PolarFire FPGA capabilities, but it also has optimized dimensions to reduce costs for Microsemi's customers.

Microsemi cooperates with Tamba Networks, including leveraging the company's Interlaken and 10G/40G Ethernet MAC soft cores as key components to evaluate and enhance the PolarFire FPGA architecture to run 10G and 40G data at 160 MHz and 320 MHz. aisle. These cores offer extremely low gate counts and latency with high flexibility. When combined with Microsemi's low-power architecture and low-power transceivers, Tamba Networks' 10G Ethernet soft core reduces power consumption of 10G data channels by 50%. The device can also be used as a direct core for the Microsemi's IP library.

Ted Speer, head of FPGA architecture and planning at Microsemi, said: "One of the most important aspects of designing a PolarFire FPGA is to provide our customers with the lowest power cost optimized 10Gbe solution. Working with Tamba Networks not only allows us to The best coding module is integrated into the device, and this small 10G Ethernet MAC is optimized for frequency, making it easy to achieve timing closure at 160MHz and 320MHz. PolarFire FPGAs are ideal for not only multiple markets, but also an FPGA Ethernet solution. For demanding communications and defense applications."

According to the IHS Ethernet Switch Quarterly Market Tracker, by the end of 2021, the number of 10G ports is expected to rise from 32 million in 2016 to more than 100 million. In 2016, the value of the Ethernet switch market was close to 7.2 million, and it is forecast to increase to 12.3 million by 2021, of which 10G will account for about one-third of all Ethernet exchange revenue today.

PolarFire FPGAs are also targeting several other applications in the communications market, including access networks, network edge, metro (1 to 40G); mobile infrastructure, wireless backhaul, intelligent fiber optic modules and video broadcasting. These devices are also well suited for applications in the defense and aerospace markets, such as encryption and root of trust, secure wireless communications, radar and electronic warfare (EW), aircraft networking, propulsion and control. Ideal applications for industrial market FPGAs include process control and automation, machine vision processing and analysis, or programmable logic controllers, industrial networking, and video and image processing.

In the communications infrastructure market, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are committed to providing customers with higher bandwidth while reducing capital and operating expenses, especially for use with Microsemi's PolarFire FPGAs. Tamba Networks is closely involved in the development of the PhysicalCode Sublayer (PCS) of the PolarFire transceiver, providing 64b66b/64b67b encoding modules for Ethernet and Interlaken. In addition, the company also helped Micron Senmei transform the 64b66b encoder to achieve latency determinism and ensure support for the Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) 7b, 8 and 9.

Soren Pederson, president of Tamba Networks, said: "We are pleased to partner with Microsemi on the scale of PolarFire FPGAs to provide the industry's lowest latency, power and size solutions for Ethernet MAC and PCS cores and Interlaken communication protocols to help differentiate These devices. We are closely involved in the development of the PolarFire hard PCS layer, and the result is a unique 10Gbe solution that provides the necessary power efficiency, compact size and deterministic latency to meet the ever-increasing application requirements of Microsemi's customers."

Microsemi's PolarFire FPGAs, introduced in February, have been redesigned to rethink the industry's traditional view of medium-density FPGAs, the first non-volatile FPGAs to offer more power and cost than SRAM FPGA solutions. Savings and 10G transceivers, advanced input/output (I/O), high security and digital signal processor (DSP) capabilities. Microsemi also sells a comprehensive portfolio of Ethernet switches and PHYs that customers can use to add switching and/or MAC layer encryption to provide nanosecond IEEE1588 time stamping capabilities for PolarFire designs.

Microsemi's PolarFire FPGA with Tamba Networks Ethernet MAC is available now. For more information, please visit: https:// and https://TIons/serdes-pci-express#ethernet or send an email to sales.

Microsemi's latest cost-optimized PolarFire FPGA family offers the industry's lowest power consumption, superior security and reliability at mid-density levels. This family of devices features a 12.7 Gbps transceiver that consumes 50% less power than competing FPGAs. With a logic cell density range of 100K to 500K, it is suitable for a variety of wired access networks, cellular infrastructure, defense and commercial aerospace applications, and industrial 4.0 applications such as industrial automation and the Internet of Things (IoT) market.

The PolarFire FPGA family of transceivers supports a wide range of serial protocols, making them ideal for communications applications such as 10Gbps Ethernet, CPRI, JESD204B, Interlaken, and PCIe. In addition, its ability to implement Serial Gigabit Ethernet (SGMII) on general purpose input/output (GPIO) supports many 1Gbps Ethernet links. The PolarFire FPGA family also includes enhanced security intellectual property (IP) to protect customer designs, data and supply chains. The non-volatile PolarFire family consumes 10 times less power than competing products and features a Flash*Freeze low-power standby mode. For more information, please visit.

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Northern California, Tamba Networks is a leading developer of intellectual property silicon cores. Tamba Networks designs and develops the world's most compact, lowest latency, lowest power and most flexible connectivity IP solution with a focus on Ethernet and Interlaken protocols originally developed for the financial industry where low latency is important. Tamba Networks' ultra-low latency IP solutions are industry-standard and provide a smooth transition path for next-generation networks. To learn more about Tamba, please visit.

Microsemi Corpora TIon (NYSE: NYC) provides comprehensive semiconductor and system solutions for the communications, defense and security, aerospace and industrial markets, including high performance, radiation resistant analog hybrids. Integrated circuits, programmable logic devices (FPGAs); customizable system-on-chip (SoC) and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs); power management products; clock synchronization devices and precision timing solutions set standards for clock products worldwide; Devices; RF solutions; discrete components; enterprise storage and communication solutions; security technologies and scalable anti-tampering products; Ethernet solutions; Power over Ethernet (PoE) ICs and power mid-range (Midspan) products; With the service. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, USA, the company employs approximately 4,800 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the website: http://.