HiWire Active Electrical Cables

Credo’s distinctive purple HiWire™ Active Electrical Cables (AECs) are plug-and-play copper interconnect cables designed for affordable, lossless operation at 100G, 200G, 400G, and 800G speeds. AECs come with built-in retimer, gearbox, PCS, and FEC terminations. AECs offer a high-performance alternative to short, thick DACs and high power, high-cost AOCs for data center and telecom applications.

Hyper Scale & Enterprise Data Center

DDCs replace proprietary, high-cost chassis using back panel interconnect with standards-based white box hardware, open-source or 3rd party software and front panel interconnect. AECs take up to 75% less volume than DACs and up to 50% less power than AOCs enabling unprecedented DDC densities.

5G Wireless Service Provider

Of all data center cabling infrastructure, Server (NIC) to Top-of-Rack (TOR) switch links are undergoing the most innovations. AECs enable extended lengths for shared TORs, gearboxing for NRZ-PAM4 links, and advanced functions enabling network-managed redundancy and security.

HiWire AEC Products

CLOS AEC - FOR DDC FRONT PANEL
Product	Connectivity	Reach	Side A Speed	Side A Connector	Side B Speed	Side B Connector
1.6T CLOS	1.6 Tb to 1.6 Tb	0.5m - 2.75m	16 x 106G PAM4	OSFP-XD	16 x 106G PAM4	OSFP-XD
800G CLOS	800G to 800G	0.5m-2.5m	8 X 112G PAM4	QSFP-DD	8 X 112G PAM4	QSFP-DD
800G CLOS	800G to 800G	0.5m-2.5m	8 X 112G PAM4	OSFP	8 X 112G PAM4	OSFP
400G CLOS	400G to 400G	0.5m-2.5m	8 X 56G PAM4	QSFP-DD	8 X 56G PAM4	QSFP-DD
400G CLOS	400G to 400G	0.5m-2.5m	8 X 56G PAM4	QSFP-DD	4 X 112G PAM4	OSFP-RHS
400G CLOS	400G to 400G	0.5m-2.5m	4 X 112G PAM4	QSFP112	4 X 112G PAM4	QSFP112

SPAN AEC - For DDC Front Panel / Port-to-Port / Rack-to-Rack
Product	Connectivity	Reach	Side A Speed	Side A Connector	Side B Speed	Side B Connector
800G SPAN	800G to 800G	3m - 7.0m	8 x 106G PAM4	OSFP	8 x 106G PAM4	OSFP
800G SPAN	800G to 800G	3m - 7.0m	8 x 106G PAM4	OSFP	8 x 106G PAM4	OSFP-RHS
800G SPAN	800G to 2x400G	3m - 7.0m	8 x 106G PAM4	OSFP	4 x 106G PAM4	OSFP-RHS
800G SPAN	800G to 2x400G	3m - 7.0m	8 X 112G PAM4	OSFP	4 x 112G PAM4	QSFP112
SPAN	400G to 400G	3.0m - 7.0m	8 X 56G PAM4	QSFP-DD	8 X 56G PAM4	QSFP-DD
SPAN	200G to 200G	3.0m - 7.0m	4 X 56G PAM4	QSFP56	4 X 56G PAM4	QSFP56

Shift AEC - For NIC-to-TOR / Port Speed Shifting
Product	Connectivity	Reach	Side A Speed	Side A Connector	Side B Speed	Side B Connectors
400G SHIFT	400G to 2 X 200G	1.0m -2.75m	4 X 112G PAM4	QSFP112	2 X 112G PAM4	2 X QSFP112
400G SHIFT	400G to 2 X 200G	1.0m -2.75m	4 X 112G PAM4	QSFP112	4 X 56G PAM4	2 X QSFP56
800G SHIFT	800G to 2 X 400G	0.5m -2.5m	8 X 112G PAM4	QSFP-DD	4 X 112G PAM4 / 8 X 56G PAM4	2 X QSFP-DD
800G SHIFT	800G to 2 X 400G	0.5m -2.5m	8 X 112G PAM4	QSFP-DD	4 X 112G PAM4	2 X QSFP112
800G SHIFT	800G to 2 X 400G	0.5m -2.5m	8 X 112G PAM4	OSFP	4 X 112G PAM4	2 X QSFP112
400G SHIFT	400G to 4 X 100G	3.0m -5.0m	8 X 56G PAM4	OSFP	4 X 28G NRZ	4 X QSFP28
400G SHIFT	400G to 4 X 100G	0.5m -5.0m	8 X 56G PAM4	QSFP-DD	4 X 28G NRZ	4 X QSFP28
200G SHIFT	200G to 2 X 100G	3.0m -7.0m	4 X 56G PAM4	QSFP56	2 X 56G PAM4	2 X QSFP56
200G SHIFT	200G to 2 X 100G	3.0m -5.0m	4 X 56G PAM4	QSFP56	2 X 56G PAM4	2 X QSFP56
200G SHIFT	200G to 2 X 100G	3.0m -5.0m	4 X 56G PAM4	QSFP56	4 X 28G NRZ	2 X QSFP28

SWITCH AEC - For NIC-to-TOR / Active-Standby
Product	Connectivity	Reach	Side A Speed	Side A Connector	Side B Speed	Side B Connectors	Brochure
SWITCH 100	100G to 2 X 100G	0.5m-2.5m	4 X 28G NRZ	QSFP28	4 X 28G NRZ	2 X QSFP28
SWITCH 50	50G to 2 X 50G	0.5m-2.5m	2 X 28G NRZ	QSFP28	2 X 28G NRZ	2 X QSFP28

eBLM
Product	Connectivity	Module Speed	Connector	Brochure
1.6T eLBM	1.6Tb	16 X 106G PAM4	OSFP-XD
800G eLBM	800G	8 X 112G PAM4	OSFP

Pluggable Patch Panel P3
Product	Connectivity	Connector	Brochure
P3	400G/800G	QSFP-DD

Introducing HiWire Active Electrical Cables (AEC)

Active Electrical Cables are narrow gauge copper cables with industry standard connectors at each end. Credo has integrated our low power, high performance retimers, gearboxes and FEC circuitry in the connectors to ensure signal integrity at 56G and 112G per Lane over reach ranging from 0.5m to 7m. The SerDes devices not only ensure signal integrity retiming, and speed shifting, but they enable throughput with cables that are lighter weight, less volume, and more reliable than other solutions.

There are six major attributes that define AECs.

Low Power

Light Weight

Bend Radius

Speed Shifting/Retiming

Long Life

Standards Compliance

Collectively these enable AECs to replace DACs with up to 75% less weight and volume, tighter bend radius, and longer reach at 800G. AECs also replace Active Optical Cables at up to half the power with reliability far exceed AOCs and total cost of ownership savings of nearly 65% compared to optical solutions.

HiWire Consortium

Over 50 companies worldwide and growing have come together in the HiWire Consortium to drive specifications and standards to accelerate the deployment AECs. To learn more about the organization and inquire about joining, please visit hiwire.org.

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