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News Release from: ARM | Subject: Artisan Velocity Serial Link 200 PHY
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 June 2005
Speedy serial PHYs run on 90nm processes
ARM has released its silicon-verified ARM Artisan Velocity Serial Link 200 PHY (physical layer) Series on leading 90nm process technologies, with immediate effect.
ARM has released its silicon-verified ARM Artisan Velocity Serial Link 200 PHY (physical layer) Series on leading 90nm process technologies, with immediate effect As part of the new 200 PHY Series, ARM offers four new products to address a broad range of high-speed serial interconnect standards from 1 to 6.4Gbit/s including PCI Express, Serial ATA, XAUI, Double XAUI and backplane applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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High-speed serial interfaces provide a low-cost, high-performance solution for high-volume desktop, mobile, server, communications platform, workstation and embedded device applications.
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The pin count reduction afforded by serial links reduces system cost through smaller silicon die size, lower pin count packages and less expensive connectors and cables.
Designers of these interfaces will greatly benefit from the ARM 200 PHY Series superior jitter performance, low-power consumption and extensive testability features all in one on the industries smallest footprints.
Additionally, the PHYs are available in a wide variety of lane configurations, for both flip chip and wire bond packages.
"High performance PHYs are one of the most technically demanding classes of IP in the market today", said Callan Carpenter, Vice President of PHY Solutions, ARM.
"That is why customer reaction to our silicon has been so positive".
"ARM's extensive lab testing and characterisation across process, voltage and temperature (PVT) corners has confirmed that the VSL200 PHY Series products meet or exceed every specification we have targeted".
"ARM VSL210 PCI Express PHY, as an example, passes the stringent jitter tolerance specification with over 30% margin across PVT corners and multiple foundry processes".
The ARM 200 PHY Series includes the following product offerings: the VSL210 PCI Express PHY; VSL220 XAUI/1-3.2Gbit/s multispeed general-purpose backplane PHY; VSL230 Double XAUI/1-6.4Gbit/s multispeed general-purpose backplane PHY; and VSL240 Serial ATA I/II PHY.
The design kits for the ARM 200 PHY Series provide comprehensive support for leading EDA tools, detailed datasheets, extensive application notes, silicon lab reports, characterisation boards and expert customer support.
All products are immediately available on leading 90nm processes.
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