Features

SapphireLink™ Quad Serializer/De-Serializer (SerDes) 3.125Gbps Transceiver IP cores provide high-bandwidth connections between router backplane links while supporting an 8B/10B encoding/decoding scheme with clock recovery for embedded clock applications. The SapphireLink™ SerDes IP cores' well-defined architecture provides a comprehensive feature set that allows SoC designers extensive flexibility for a wide range of system interface options and system level applications including 10-Gigabit Ethernet (XAUI), Infiniband, Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel.

PCI EXPRESSTM
The modular 8-lane PCI ExpressTM 2.5Gbps PHY I/O core,   PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express is designed to be a general-purpose I/O interconnect for “in-the-box” applications.  Its architecture provides a connectivity solution for adapter cards, attach points for graphics I/Os as well as an I/O attach point for other interconnects like 1394b, USB 2.0, Infiniband and Ethernet. Our PCI Express core creates a complete serial link including mux/demux, 8b/10b encode/decode and clock recovery circuitry which is compliant with V1.0 of the PCI Express Specification.