"At last month’s OFC, MoSys announced a 100Gbps gearbox PHY for data centers and networking applications. The MSH310 gearbox multiplexes and maps 10 lanes running at 10Gbps to 4 lanes running at 25Gbps. Per the standard requirements, it de-skews signals across the 10 lanes, adjusting for different propagation delays to enable 100G Ethernet and to simplify board layout. The chip also performs demultiplexing functions from 4x25Gbps to 10x10Gbps."

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"Mushrooming Internet traffic is giving rise to greater density line cards where the bandwidth between an NPU/ASIC or FPGA and memory is becoming a bottleneck. Directly addressing this issue, the 15Gbps GCI from MoSys is the fastest interface available for networking designs. In a 100GbE packet time, the BE-2 can perform eight operations, which could be used to read memory, write memory, update statistics, perform metering, and read tables. This new device is an attractive solution for high-capacity line cards alongside a Xilinx or Altera FPGA, which supports GCI."

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"In 1975, people were queuing up to buy Pong, four-function calculators cost $40, and RAM was faster than microprocessors. Technology has changed for the better since then—except for the relative performance of memory and processors. Memory is now s-l-o-w, and this is a problem. Computers can hide behind caches, but high-performance real-time systems can’t. At the recent Linley Tech Processor Conference, GSI, Micron, and MoSys presented various solutions for improving memory technology. All three have memories for designers of high-speed networking systems who are willing to pay more per bit to achieve greater performance and advanced functions while avoiding the hidden cost of commodity DRAM."

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