At this week’s SC08 (booth 2507), Dune Networks and NetLogic Microsystems introduced a 320 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) line card as part of the “Paran” datacenter switching reference design that incorporates Dune Networks’ Petra P330 switching devices and NetLogic Microsystems’ AEL2020 10GE physical layer (PHY) devices.
The best-in-class products from Dune Networks and NetLogic Microsystems, coupled with the proven interoperability of the solutions on the “Paran” reference design, enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to develop a new generation of datacenter switches with unmatched density and scalability while achieving lower power dissipation.
The P330 device from Dune integrates the MAC, packet processing, traffic management, and fabric access functionality, all at 80Gbps full duplex, wire-speed. By integrating packet processing into the PETRA line of devices, the PETRA P330 solution offers the ability to design high-density switching line cards up to 48 10GE ports for Data Center and Carrier Access applications. For the first time this enables a switching system design, including a strictly non-blocking fabric, 100ms packet buffer and densities of up to 768 ports of 10GE or 40GE/100GE equivalent with a single stage fabric, at power and cost metrics similar to legacy 1GE switching systems. The P330 offers a variety of options for network connectivity, including XAUI, XAUI+ (SPAUI), RXAUI, SGMII, and SGMII+. P330 connects to the SAND™ fabric via the fabric interface and is fully inter-operable with all Dune FAP and FE devices.
NetLogic Microsystems’ AEL2020 PHY device integrates high-performance electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) technology that is field proven for 10GBASE-LRM applications. By featuring the industry’s lowest power consumption, best-in-class latency which is 5X lower than competing digital solutions, and the industry’s smallest footprint, NetLogic Microsystems’ family of 10GE PHY products truly enables high-density SFP+ datacenter switches. The AEL2020 product also offers flexibility in datacenter cabling by supporting 10GE over optical and twin-axial copper cables.
The collaborative Paran reference design from Dune Networks and NetLogic Microsystems offers customers the benefits of proven interoperability, accelerated time-to-market, and lower development risks and costs. The Paran reference solution is currently in evaluation at several Tier One customers for their next-generation, high-density data center switches.
