Advanced Low Power DSP Technology Enables High Performance Distributed Disaggregated Chassis Implementations.
San Jose, Calif., March 31, 2021 – Credo, a global innovation leader in advanced connectivity technology delivering high performance, low power connectivity solutions for 100G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks, today announced the HiWire™ Low Power CLOS Active Electrical Cable (LP CLOS AEC). Recognizable for its distinctive purple color, the new LP CLOS AECs are 400G to 400G copper cables which integrate Credo’s patented, application specific low power DSPs and support a reach of 0.5m to 3m.
At up to 75% lower power than AOCs and 75% less bulk than DACs, LP CLOS AECs are ideal for in-rack applications replacing backplanes in Distributed, Disaggregated Chassis (DDC) implementations.
LP CLOS AECs can replace a chassis backplane to enable the plug-&-play connection of commodity 400G "Pizza Box" switches and routers. Credo's HiWire LP CLOS AECs complement the existing families of HiWire SPAN AECs, which replace AOCs, and HiWire SHIFT AECs, which provide plug & play PAM4-to-NRZ speed shifting in-cable. The family's first introduction was a public demonstration of a 96Tb Jericho2 / Ramon Medium Cluster DDC implementation at the Open Compute Project Global Summit in 2020.
"Power efficiency has become the critical consideration in hyperscale data centers, with next-generation switching ASICs and low power interconnect enabling the replacement of chassis with modern disaggregated chassis solutions," said Don Barnetson, Vice President of Product at Credo. "Our low power 400G HiWire LP CLOS AEC provides the optimal mix of low power and routability to proliferate 400G disaggregated chassis configurations at hyperscalers and service providers."
For more information about HiWire LP CLOS AECs, visit https://www.credosemi.com/hiwire.
About Credo
Credo is a leading provider of high-performance serial connectivity solutions for the hyperscale datacenter, 5G carrier, enterprise networking, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing markets. Credo's solutions deliver the bandwidth, scalability, and end-to-end signal integrity for next-generation platforms requiring 25G, 50G, and 100G signal lane-rate connectivity for 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks.
For more information, please visit https://www.credosemi.com. Follow Credo on LinkedIn and Twitter.
New implementation of a 350Tb DDC medium cluster based on Broadcom's Jericho2c+ ASIC and is the largest Distributed Disaggregated Chassis shown to date.
San Jose, Calif., Mar 11, 2021 – Credo, a global innovation leader in advanced connectivity solutions delivering high performance, low power connectivity solutions for 100G, 400G, and 800G port-enabled networks, today announced a new implementation of a 350Tb medium cluster distributed disaggregated chassis (DDC) routing platform using HiWire™ LP CLOS Active Electrical Cables.
The platform was designed in collaboration with DriveNets, an innovator bringing the architectural model of hyperscalers to Telco-grade networks through cloud-native software, and UfiSpace, a leader in 5G network white-box platform solutions. The three companies partnered in 2020 to present the first public showing of a 96Tb Jericho2 to Ramon medium cluster DDC implementation. The DDC Router concept was proposed to the Open Compute Project (OCP) by AT&T in 2020.
This new design delivers 350Tb capacity in three racks and is based on Broadcom's Jericho2c+ ASIC, built into new third-generation Network Cloud Platform (NCP3) white boxes by UFISpace. It runs DriveNets Network Cloud software. The cluster has a 250% increase in capacity and scalability than the 96Tb platform demonstrated last year.
Front panel connectivity in this DDC implementation uses over 1,000 (nearly 2 miles) of Credo's 400Gb HiWire LP CLOS AECs. The new generation of cables consumes just 4.5W per end, contributing to the 100% power efficiency gain compared to the 96Tb implementation last year. The lightweight and flexibility resolve density, weight, and airflow issues that make it extremely challenging to use DACs.
The implementation also demonstrates by traditional tray-style routing and more efficient, cost-effective, and easier-to-maintain HPC-style routing.
"This new implementation is a further demonstration critical role AECs play in enabling front-panel connectivity to support the scalability and flexibility intended in DDC implementations," said Don Barnetson, Credo VP of HiWire Products. "We are pleased to have continued our collaboration with DriveNets and UfiSpace as we've each brought new generations to market that makes the possible," Barnetson continued.
For more information about Credo HiWire AECs, visit https://www.credosemi.com/hiwire.
About Credo
Credo is a leading provider of high-performance serial connectivity solutions for the hyperscale datacenter, 5G carrier, enterprise networking, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing markets. Credo's solutions deliver the bandwidth, scalability, and end-to-end signal integrity for next-generation platforms requiring 25G, 50G, and 100G signal lane-rate connectivity for 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks. Credo's HiWire™ Active Electrical Cables deliver plug-and-play 400G connectivity today that is more affordable than optical solutions and more reliable than copper. For more information, please visit https://www.credosemi.com. Follow Credo on
About DriveNets
DriveNets helps Communications Service Providers (CSPs) take advantage of the greatest demand surge in Telco history, substantially growing their profitability by changing their technological and economic models. DriveNets' solution, Network Cloud, changes the traditional networking architecture that has been in place for the past twenty years by adapting the architectural model of hyperscalers to Telco-grade networking. Network Cloud is a cloud-native software that runs over standard white-boxes, radically simplifying the network's operational model, offering Telco-scale performance at a much lower cost.
About UfiSpace
UfiSpace Co., Ltd. spearheads the 5G network white-box platform solution by providing US major network operators the capability to support legacy baseband unit systems and next-gen 5G baseband unit systems operating at 10/25 Gbps and with backhaul speeds of 100/400 Gbps. UfiSpace is a champion of open commodity hardware and disaggregated NOS architectures which enable a more flexible, scalable, and cost-effective alternative to the traditional proprietary, closed system. UfiSpace leverages its expertise in hardware platforms together with orchestration and virtualization techniques developed by partners to accelerate 5G deployments and the transformation to software-defined infrastructure
San Jose, Calif., March 17, 2021 – Credo, a global innovation leader in high-performance, low-power serial connectivity solutions, today announced it is expanding its product offering with Black Hawk (CRT55321) that leverages the company’s unique PAM4 DSP architecture to deliver industry-leading low power and reach. The PAM4 retimer and gearbox provide guaranteed, end-to-end signal integrity in backplane, front panel and copper applications. The CRT55321 expands the bandwidth capacity of next-generation network infrastructure at Hyperscale data centers, enterprise networks, and service providers while consuming less than 50% power of existing solutions.
The CRT55321 is a 32-lane device that supports 16 lanes on the host side and 16 lanes on the line side. The extended reach performance provides robust signal integrity for PAM4 across the most difficult channels, including legacy backplanes. The device can be used in front panel applications to drive QSFP, QSFP-DD, and OSFP optical modules, Active Electrical Cables (AEC), and passive copper cables. Applications that require rate-mismatching are supported using gearbox capability. It features best-in-class jitter and extended reach while operating at the lowest power consumption. The device supports built-in test and channel performance analysis capabilities such as PRBS pattern generation, internal eye monitoring and PRBS error detection. It supports IEEE standard auto-negotiation with link partners to enable more flexible applications.
“The introduction of Black Hawk DSP furthers Credo’s commitment to providing high-performance DSP for data centers, enterprise networking and high-performance computing,“ said Scott Feller, Vice President of Marketing at Credo. “Credo has leveraged its extensive analog and mixed-signal expertise to develop a unique DSP architecture to create the Black Hawk product which is 50% lower power than existing products. Credo continues to innovate with new product solutions to help solve the signal integrity issues of the next-generation data center interconnects.”
“Credo has established a significant market share in Hyperscale data centers with their retimer and gearbox solutions. The new Black Hawk device, which offers a 50% reduction in power consumption, enables those data centers to lower power consumption while driving even higher bandwidth,” says Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group. “As Cloud data centers deploy a larger number of 400G and 800G ports, low power solutions such as Credo’s Black Hawk will enable the migration.”
AVAILABILITY
The CRT55321 is entering production shipments in a 23x23mm BGA package. Additionally, Credo offers an evaluation kit that allows customers to quickly evaluate performance in their specific application environment.
Customers interested in learning more about Black Hawk as well as Credo’s other current and future products and intellectual property solutions should contact Credo at sales@credosemi.com.
About Credo
Credo is a leading provider of high-performance serial connectivity solutions for the Hyperscale data center, 5G carrier, enterprise networking, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing markets. Credo's solutions deliver the bandwidth, scalability, and end-to-end signal integrity for next-generation platforms requiring 25G, 50G, and 100G signal lane-rate connectivity for 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks.
For more information, please visit https://www.credosemi.com. Follow Credo on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Seagull 200 is the next product in the SEAGULL Platform and a bridge between 5G Wireless Networking and DOVE Platform Data Center Applications.
Credo, a global innovation leader in high performance, low power serial connectivity solutions, today announced Seagull 200, the next product in Credo’s SEAGULL Platform, to support the ever-growing bandwidth demand on datacenter and wireless networks. The Seagull 200 Optical DSP supports high performance QSFP56 optical modules to enable 200GbE SR4, DR4, FR4, and LR4 applications in hyperscale data centers, cloud networks and 5G wireless mid-haul and back-haul networks.
Seagull 200 accepts four lanes of 53.125Gbps (26.5625Gbaud) PAM4 on the client (host) interface and sends the traffic to four lanes of 53.125Gbps PAM4 signal on the optical (line) interface. The device is designed in Credo’s unique architecture and optimized for die size and mainstream silicon process technology, enabling low cost-of-ownership and accelerating 200GbE market adoption.
Seagull 200 (CFD50502) integrates high-performance digital signal processing (DSP) engine and equalization techniques to compensate for optical impairments while achieving good BER performance and maintaining industry leading low power dissipation. The architecture has minimal and deterministic latency that is needed in the mobile infrastructure. Seagull 200 comes with advanced diagnostics and loopback features to reduce time-to-market and aid with rapid system debug. The device footprint is compatible with Credo’s low power Dove 200 Optical DSP, which allows customers to design a common PCB for either component and choose the DSP that best meets the application need.
“Seagull 200 is the ideal high-performance and low power DSP for data centers and for 5G wireless mid-haul and back-haul deploying PAM4 networks,” said Scott Feller, Vice President of Marketing at Credo. “The low power and fixed latency enable 200G upgrades on the next generation wireless networks,” Feller added.
“Radio Access Network architectures are undergoing a significant change, driving higher bandwidth demands for front haul and mid haul connections,” said Chris DePuy, Technology Analyst at 650 Group. “For those new, distributed RAN systems to keep up with 5G wireless demand, high-speed optical interfaces to connect radios and baseband systems are critical. Additionally, we see other applications for 200 GbE optical systems in edge cloud systems, which will drive additional volume that will reduce unit costs.”
About Credo
Credo is a leading provider of high-performance serial connectivity solutions for the hyperscale datacenter, 5G carrier, enterprise networking, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing markets. Credo's solutions deliver the bandwidth, scalability, and end-to-end signal integrity for next- generation platforms requiring 25G, 50G, and 100G signal lane-rate connectivity for 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks.
For more information, please visit: https://www.credosemi.com. Follow Credo on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Seagull 50 is the first high-performance DSP dedicated to meet demanding wireless requirements.
Credo, a global innovation leader in high performance, low power serial connectivity solutions, today announced Seagull 50, which enables optical modules for 5G front- and mid-haul wireless networks. Credo’s Seagull 50 supports mobile networks’ insatiable demand for bandwidth and the network requirements for high bandwidth, long transmission distances, and industrial temperature ranges. The device supports 2x25G 1x50G and 1x50G 1x50G modes. Seagull 50 is designed in Credo’s unique architecture that enables minimal die size and mainstream silicon process technology which ensures the lowest cost-of-ownership.
The company will be showcasing Seagull 50 in addition to its recently announced Dove 100, Dove 200, and Dove 400 DSPs at its booth #8A21 at CIOE, China International Optoelectronics Exposition, in Shenzhen China, September 9-11.
“Seagull 50 is the ideal high-performance DSP for 5G wireless networks,” said Scott Feller, Vice President of Marketing at Credo. “Credo is dedicated to enabling the next generation of front- and mid-haul networks.”
“Radio Access Network architectures are changing to support 5G networks, and new wireless networks are increasingly using high-bandwidth front-haul and mid-haul connections,” said Chris DePuy, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group. “To support such a large number of new links in the 5G era, a new generation of high capacity transport systems capable of 50G speeds and multi-kilometer distances are needed.”, DePuy added.
The Credo Seagull 50, CFD10101, is a versatile full-duplex product that comes with industry leading power dissipation and can be used in next-generation QSFP28, DSFP, and SFP56 pluggable optical transceivers. It supports 50Gbps SR/DR/FR/LR and ER applications based on PAM4 modulation. Seagull 50 operates over the full industrial temperature range of -40oC to +85oC module case and is ideal for use in datacenters and 5G wireless/eCPRI front-, mid- and backhaul applications.
Seagull 50 is a dual-mode DSP and can be used as a gearbox or retimer. In gearbox mode, the IC is configured as two lanes of 24.33-25.78Gbps NRZ on the host side to one lane of 50.135-53.125Gbps PAM4 on the line side. In retimer mode, the DSP is configured as one lane of 50.135-53.125Gbps PAM4 to one lane of 50.135-53.125Gbps PAM4.
Proprietary DSP technology and equalization techniques designed into Credo’s other leading-edge DSPs is employed in the Seagull 50. The DSP is a critical component in 5G wireless applications where cost-effective solutions are required, leading to wider use of DML lasers, and ultimately advancing the push for uncooled optics. This design trend needs to be supported over industrial temperature for front haul, and at longer fiber link lengths for mid and backhaul. The DSP helps to compensate for the optical impairments and nonlinearities resulting from optics, wider temperature range and fiber, and provides a high performance, robust solution.
Key Seagull 50 Attributes:
About Credo
Credo is a leading provider of high-performance serial connectivity solutions for the hyperscale datacenter, 5G carrier, enterprise networking, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing markets. Credo's solutions deliver the bandwidth, scalability, and end-to-end signal integrity for next- generation platforms requiring 25G, 50G, and 100G signal lane-rate connectivity for 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks.
For more information, please visit: https://www.credosemi.com. Follow Credo on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Credo’s unique DSP architecture optimizes the cost, power, and performance for the next generation of optical modules.
Credo, a global innovation leader in high performance, low power serial connectivity solutions, today announced the DOVE Platform, the second generation, low power PAM4 DSP family for high-speed data networks. The DOVE Platform includes products for 100/200/400G optical interconnects.
Credo’s proprietary PAM4 DSP architecture minimizes die size and enables mainstream silicon process technology to deliver optimal cost, power, and performance for the next generation of optical modules. Pluggable optical modules with Credo PAM4 DSPs enjoy the lowest cost-of-ownership and industry-leading performance, while using minimal power.
The company will be showcasing its Dove 100, Dove 200, and Dove 400 DSPs as well as its recently announced Seagull 50 DSP during CIOE, China International Optoelectronics Exposition, in Shenzhen China, September 9-11, at booth #8A21.
“Cloud operators are looking for any opportunity to gain bandwidth, reduce power, and lower cost,” said Scott Feller, Vice President of Marketing at Credo. “Credo is excited to provide a solution to enable optical transceivers that satisfies the bandwidth expansion of these next-generation datacenters.”
“100/200/400G is already responsible for over 50% of the revenue in data center networking and will be the main contributor to future growth,” said Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group. “Cloud providers are looking to deploy both higher-density 100G topologies and invest in 200G and 400G deployments to keep up with demand. Power density and scalability at higher speeds are becoming increasingly essential design criteria and the switch and optical module level,” Weckel continued.
The Credo DSP technology and equalization techniques compensate for optical impairments while maintaining low power. All Dove products share key attributes of Credo’s DSP technology including:
Additionally, the Dove 200 and Dove 400 products include:
Dove 100, CFD30101, is used in the next-generation of high performance QSFP28 optical modules that support 100Gbps DR, FR and LR applications. It accepts four lanes of 25.78125Gbps NRZ on the host interface and aggregates traffic to one lane of 106.25Gbps PAM4 signal on the optical interface.
Dove 200, CFD50501, enables a seamless interconnect architecture without requiring gearboxes or FEC translation for these interconnects to help the expansion of datacenters using switches with 50G PAM4 connectivity. It supports the IEEE 802.3 specifications for 200GBASE-SR4/DR4/FR4/LR4 and 400GBASE-SR8. The host interface accepts four lanes of 53.125Gpbs PAM4 and sends traffic to four lanes of 53.125Gbps PAM4 signal on the optical interface.
Dove 400, CFD60501, is used in low power, high-performance OSFP and QSFP-DD optical modules that support 400Gbps DR4, FR4, and LR4 applications. It accepts eight lanes of 53.125Gbps PAM4 on the host interface and sends the traffic to four lanes of 106.25Gbps PAM4 signal on the optical interface.
For more information about the Dove Platform solutions, visit, Dove 100, Dove 200, and Dove 400.
About Credo
Credo is a leading provider of high-performance serial connectivity solutions for the hyperscale datacenter, 5G carrier, enterprise networking, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing markets. Credo's solutions deliver the bandwidth, scalability, and end-to-end signal integrity for next- generation platforms requiring 25G, 50G, and 100G signal lane-rate connectivity for 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks.
For more information, please visit: https://www.credosemi.com. Follow Credo on LinkedIn and Twitter.
EW PRODUCTS INCLUDE SOLUTIONS FOR HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS AND 5G WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS
Credo, a global innovation leader in high performance, low power serial connectivity solutions, today announced its participation in the China International Optoelectronic Expo, to be held in Shenzhen, China from September 9-11.
Credo’s exhibition and experts will be demonstrating the company’s latest products at booth space #8A21. The new generation of Credo products both expands the breadth of connectivity solutions offered and delivers on the roadmap to lower power, higher performance and affordability made possible by Credo’s proprietary design architecture and use of mature, manufacturing processes.
“We recently closed a Series D Preferred financing round of $100M to accelerate the commercialization of our breakthrough 400Gbps and 800Gbps connectivity solutions,” said Scott Feller, Credo Vice President, Marketing. “We’re excited to demonstrate this new generation of products at CIOE which extends our penetration in the Hyperscale Datacenter market and expands our reach into the 5G wireless carrier markets,” Feller continued.
Solution demonstrations include:
Attendees wishing to reserve a demonstration tour/meeting with a Credo expert should contact their local Credo representative or visit https://www.credosemi.com/contact.
About Credo
Credo is a leading provider of high-performance serial connectivity solutions for the hyperscale datacenter, 5G carrier, enterprise networking, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing markets. Credo's solutions deliver the bandwidth, scalability, and end-to-end signal integrity for next- generation platforms requiring 25G, 50G, and 100G signal lane-rate connectivity for 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks.
Industry’s only 12.8 Tbps, low-latency programmable switch validated with robust low-power MACsec PHY to guarantee data privacy and security
SAN JOSE, Calif. March 4, 2020. Innovium, Inc., a leading provider of high performance, innovative switching solutions for data centers, and Credo, a global innovation leader in high-speed serial connectivity solutions, announced successful interoperability of Credo’s MACsec chip family with Innovium’s market-leading 12.8Tbps TERALYNX™ 7 switch silicon.
As cloud and data center customers are paying more attention to security, this interoperability enables them to deploy a MACsec enabled 1RU, 32 x 400G switch using Innovium’s 12.8Tbps TERALYNX 7 switch silicon and Credo’s CMS50216 Dual 400G MACsec chip. Both these products have been adopted by leading system partners and cloud companies.
“Leading cloud and data center customers are deploying 12.8Tbps TERALYNX based production switches with 400G ports to scale their networks, while reducing complexity, power and cost. Increasingly, customers want to secure 400G links to ensure data privacy, integrity and security,” said Amit Sanyal, VP of Product Management and Marketing at Innovium. “Innovium is excited to partner with Credo, to enable customers to deploy these switches with highly robust 400G MACsec for protection of 400G links against security breaches for applications such as data center interconnects.”
Innovium’s TERALYNX switch family delivers low latency, advanced telemetry, rich tunneling and programmability to enable unmatched visibility while protecting hardware investment by adapting to new network protocols. Innovium is the only provider offering robust PAM4 networking solutions with a consistent feature set for 1 to 12.8Tbps products today with architecture scaling to 51.2Tbps+. Innovium’s flagship production 12.8Tbps TERALYNX 7 has enabled market-leading OEM and ODM system partners to deliver highly innovative and robust switch solutions with a broad range of validated DAC/ACC cables and optics modules. Top cloud and data center customers are deploying TERALYNX switches to scale their networks and benefit from superior total cost of ownership.
“Data protection and security is critical for cloud and data center providers,” said Scott Feller, Vice President of Marketing at Credo. “Credo’s MACsec addresses this critical need with a 400G running wire speed, low-latency and support for PAM4 signaling while maintaining low power. Credo is excited to work with Innovium and network architects to provide data security solutions.”
The Credo CMS50216 Dual 400G MACsec delivers high performance, low power connectivity solutions for 100G, 200G, 400G port enabled networks supporting the IEEE 802.1AE Media Access Controller Security (MACsec) and Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) standard for 10G through 400G port interconnects. The device integrates the latest 256-bit AES technology, delivering increased data security to secure the critical high-speed data links between servers, switches and routers. It leverages Credo’s lower power PAM4 technology to drive DAC, Active Electrical Cable (AEC), and optical modules. Credo’s MACsec technology is currently in production and deployed in several data centers.
“With security becoming an increasingly important part of network designs in the cloud and enterprise, MACsec is becoming an important requirement in data center networking builds at all layers of the network,” said Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group. “As we look towards 400G and beyond, we expect an increasing portion of networking ports to ship with MACsec compared to previous-generation technologies at all tiers in the network.”
About Credo
Credo is a leading provider of high performance, mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for the data center, enterprise networking and high performance computing markets. Credo's advanced high-speed serial connectivity solutions delivers the bandwidth, scalability, and end-to-end signal integrity for next generation platforms requiring single lane 25G, 50G, and 100G connectivity for 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks. For more information, please visit: http://www.credosemi.com.
About Innovium
Innovium is a leading provider of high performance, innovative switching silicon solutions for cloud, enterprise and edge data centers. Today, Innovium TERALYNX family delivers software compatible products ranging from 1Tbps to 12.8Tbps with unmatched telemetry, low latency, programmability, and large buffers, with a feature rich architecture that scales to 51.2Tbps+. Innovium’s products have been selected and validated by market-leading switch OEM, ODM and cloud providers. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California and is backed by leading venture capital firms including Greylock Partners, Walden Riverwood, Capricorn Investment Group, Qualcomm Ventures, S-Cubed Capital and Redline Capital. For more information, please visit: http://www.innovium.com.
DriveNets, UfiSpace and Credo to showcase largest ever live demonstration of a distributed open edge/core router, the first Distributed Disaggregated Chassis, at OCP Experience Center
RAANANA, Israel, Feb. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- DriveNets, the networking software company today announced that the Open Compute Project (OCP) have selected UfiSpace, Credo and DriveNets to give the first ever live demonstration of a Distributed Disaggregated Chassis (DDC) model as proposed to the OCP by AT&T. The demonstration in the OCP Experience Center on March 4-5th will be the largest live demonstration of a distributed router cluster ever given in public. The technology is aligned with the vision of TIP (Telecom Infra Project) who also invited DriveNets and UfiSpace to advise on their Disaggregated Open Router Initiative and ensure its alignment with the OCP's efforts around network disaggregation.
"This demonstration is a key milestone in our efforts to open and disaggregate the traditional network architecture. The demonstration by UfiSpace, Credo and DriveNets is a great proof point for our vision of building any size router in a flexible, low-cost way - from a single white box to a cluster of white boxes supporting a single router entity of 100Tbps," said Rajeev Sharma, Software and Technologies Director, OCP.
Visitors to The Experience Center will see a software based router with a cluster size of 96Tbps with a mix of 100G and 400G interfaces. Participants are also invited to the Experience Centre Lightning Talks for detailed information on the solution. Following the event, DriveNets, UfiSpace and Credo are planning to submit the design of this demonstration to the OCP as an official reference design.
"We believe that the need to substantially increase network scale, while controlling its cost, created an inflection point for service provider networking. High-scale disaggregated routers suitable for core and edge networks, like the one demonstrated with DriveNets Network Cloud, offer a new foundation upon which the market can build an open and more profitable model. Our new subgroup committed to it – DOR (Disaggregated Open Router) will be aligned with the OCP efforts singling the strength of support and unity for this end," said Attilio Zan, Executive Director TIP.
In September AT&T submitted their whitebox design to OCP and DriveNets is building on this vision of a large scale distributed routing solution running over a disaggregated cluster of white boxes with new innovative vendors such as UfiSpace, Credo and others bringing fresh energy and possibilities to the service provider market.
A Heavy Reading report recently found that almost half of service providers predict a radical overhaul of their networks in the next three years.
"Collaboration with OCP and TIP is an extension of our efforts to build an industry ecosystem that supports our vision of disaggregated core and edge networks. Demonstrating a large routing cluster of 96Tbps with white boxes from UfiSpace, connected by Credo's innovative HiWire™ technology CLOS Active Electrical Cables and running DriveNets Network Cloud is a triumphant moment for the industry," said Ido Susan, CEO and Co-Founder, DriveNets.
About DriveNets
DriveNets helps Communications Service Providers (CSPs) take advantage of the greatest demand surge in Telco history, substantially growing their profitability by changing their technological and economic models. DriveNets' solution – Network Cloud changes the traditional networking architecture that has been in place for the past twenty years by adapting the architectural model of hyperscalers to Telco-grade networking. Network Cloud is a cloud-native software that runs over standard white-boxes, radically simplifying the network's operational model, offering Telco-scale performance at a much lower cost.
DriveNets was founded by Ido Susan and Hillel Kobrinsky, two successful Telco entrepreneurs. Susan previously co-founded Intucell, the company that invented the Self Optimizing Network (SON) which was acquired by Cisco in 2013 for $475 million. Kobrinsky founded the web conferencing specialist, Interwise, which was acquired by AT&T for $121 million.
About Credo
Credo is a leading provider of high performance, mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for the data center, enterprise networking and high-performance computing markets. Credo's advanced Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) technology delivers the bandwidth scalability and end-to-end signal integrity for next generation platforms requiring single-lane 25G, 50G, and 100G connectivity for 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks. Credo's HiWire™ Active Electrical Cables deliver plug and play 400G connectivity today that is more affordable than optical solutions and more reliable than copper. For more information, please visit: www.credosemi.com. Follow Credo on LinkedIn and Twitter.
About UfiSpace
Ufi Space Co., Ltd. spearheads the 5G network white-box platform solution by providing US major network operator the capability to support legacy baseband unit systems and next-gen 5G baseband unit systems operating at 10/25 Gbps and with backhaul speeds of 100/400 Gbps. UfiSpace has been a champion for open commodity hardware and disaggregated NOS architecture which enables a more flexible, scalable and cost-effective alternative to the traditional proprietary, closed system. UfiSpace leverages its expertise in hardware platform together with orchestration and virtualization techniques developed by partners to accelerate 5G deployment and the transformation in software defined infrastructure.
Thin, Low Power 400G Interconnect Enables Next Gen Disaggregated Chassis Deployments
San Jose, CA, February 27 2020, Credo, a global innovation leader in Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) technology which delivers high performance, low power connectivity solutions for 100G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks, today announced at the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit, a new addition to the 400G HiWire™ family – the HiWire™ CLOS AEC (Active Electrical Cable) specifically designed for Distributed, Disaggregated Chassis (DDC). HiWire CLOS AECs will be demonstrated live in the OCP Experience Center at the 2020 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit on March 4-5, 2020 in the San Jose Convention Center.
The HiWire CLOS AECs in DDC implementations:
CLOS AECs can replace the backplane of a chassis to enable the plug-&-play connection of commodity 400G “Pizza Box” switches and routers. Credo’s HiWire CLOS AECs join the existing families of HiWire SPAN AECs, which replace AOCs, and HiWire SHIFT AECs, which provide plug & play PAM4-to-NRZ speed shifting in cable.
“As next-generation switching ASICs mature, opportunities arise that leverage the power density to deploy dense disaggregated chassis DDC solutions,” said Jeff Twombly, Vice President of Business Development at Credo. “We developed our low power, highly flexible and routable 400G HiWire CLOS AEC interconnect to standardize and proliferate 400G disaggregated chassis configurations at hyperscalers and service providers around the world.”
Gerald Degrace, Head PM for Host NIC, Switching, SONiC and WAN, Microsoft Azure Networking, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT). said, “Low power, high speed interconnects are a critical piece in our goal of enabling open source software and DDC architectures in the hyperscale datacenter. Credo’s HiWire CLOS AEC solutions allow DDCs to be assembled without the physical routing problems of 400G DAC or the high power of optical interconnect.”
About CREDO
Credo is a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for the data center, enterprise networking and high-performance computing markets. Credo’s advanced Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) technology delivers the bandwidth scalability and end-to-end signal integrity for next-generation platforms requiring single-lane 25G, 50G, and 100G connectivity for 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks. Credo’s HiWire™ AEC (Active Electrical Cables deliver plug and play 400G connectivity today that is more affordable than optical solutions and more reliable than copper.
For more information, please visit: www.credosemi.com/hiwire.
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Credo, a global innovation leader in Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) technology which delivers high performance, low power connectivity solutions for 100G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks, today announced its participation as a Community Member of the Open Compute Project (OCP). The OCP is an open consortium aiming to design and enable the delivery of the most efficient server, storage, and data center hardware for scalable computing.
Credo plays an integral role in accelerating the transition to 400G and beyond in high-speed data centers by developing new, scalable technologies that deliver performance, power and price while enabling the architectural freedom to transform network architecture. By joining with open initiatives like OCP, Credo believes the transition to revolutionary architectures, such as network disaggregation, can be realized.
“As disaggregated chassis begin to displace tradition big-iron switching and routing chassis, low power, highly flexible and routable 400G interconnect becomes a core component of the architecture,” said Don Barnetson, Sr. Director of Product at Credo. “OCP provides a platform to standardize and proliferate 400G disaggregated chassis configurations at hyperscalers around the world.”
Credo is also a member of the HiWire Consortium, announced in September 2019 with 25 other founding members, nearly half of whom are also amongst the OCP ranks. Working in harmony with other standards bodies, the HiWire Consortium is dedicated to the standardization and certification of a new interconnect cable category, Active Electrical Cables (AECs), enabling its broad support and wide industry adoption.
Credo began the development of AECs two years ago to address the obstacles that were slowing the transition to 400G, specifically the performance and physical limitations of copper (DACs) and the power, cost, and availability hurdles of active optical cables (AOCs). AECs integrate retimer and PAM4 to NRZ speedshifting functions with gearbox in-cable making them a lower power, affordable plug and play interconnect for 100G and 400G systems. The power, performance, and price of AECs are empowering system architects to rethink the design of next-generation data center configurations, deploy 400G disaggregated chassis and provide a clear path to 800G in the future.
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Credo is a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for the data center, enterprise networking and high-performance computing markets. Credo’s advanced Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) technology delivers the bandwidth scalability and end-to-end signal integrity for next-generation platforms requiring single-lane 25G, 50G, and 100G connectivity for 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks. Credo’s HiWire™ AEC (Active Electrical Cables) deliver plug and play 400G connectivity today that is more affordable than optical solutions and more reliable than copper. For more information, please visit www.credosemi.com.
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AEC is a new class of Plug & Play 400G Interconnect to Telcos and Data Centers Supported by a Consortium of leading OEM, ODM, IC, and Test and Verification partners
San Jose, Calif., – October 1, 2019 – CREDO, a global innovation leader in Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) technology and HiWire Active Electrical Cables (AEC), a new class of datacenter interconnect accelerating the transition to 400G, today announced that its’ AEC products have been recognized as a Gold Winner of the Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Award.
“On behalf of the Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards, I would like to congratulate CREDO on their Gold–level honoree status,” said Cabling Installation & Maintenance’s Chief Editor Patrick McLaughlin. “This competitive, unbiased program celebrates the most original and innovative products in the Industry.”
CREDO recently announced the production launch of a broad family of AECs, a high performance, affordable solution to interconnecting 100G and 400G switches, routers and servers. AECs are now available at a fraction of the cost of Active Optical Cables (AOCs). HiWire AECs have integrated retiming, speed shifting and Forward Error Correction (FEC) making direct PAM4 to NRZ connections simple while guaranteeing a fully equalized signal at an ultra-low bit error rate.
“We are delighted at the enthusiastic reception of HiWire AECs and the industry’s support of the technology through the HiWire Consortium,” said CREDO’s Sr. Director of Product, Don Barnetson. “This new class of interconnect will help accelerate the transition to 400G by making it more robust, lower power and more affordable.”
AECs are fully Multi-Sourcing Agreement (MSA) compliant with the development of solutions for 400G and future 800G supported by the HiWire™ Consortium, a partnership of 26 companies that represent datacenters, communications, switch design and manufacturers, and cabling and interconnect suppliers.
For more information on CREDO HiWire AECs contact hiwire@credosemi.com.
About CREDO
CREDO is a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for the data center, enterprise networking and high performance computing markets. CREDO's advanced Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) technology delivers the bandwidth scalability and end-to-end signal integrity for next-generation platforms requiring single-lane 25G, 50G, and 100G connectivity for 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G port enabled networks. CREDO’s HiWire™ AEC (Active Electrical Cables) deliver plug and play 400G connectivity today that is more affordable than optical solutions and more reliable than copper.
For more information, please visit www.credosemi.com.