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MaxLinear’s 2nd Generation PAM4 DSP Selected by Centera Photonics to Deliver Sub-3.5W 100G Optical Modules for Hyperscale Data Centers
The MxL93516, a highly integrated PAM4 DSP, offers superior overall performance, power, and cost enabling Centera’s next generation 100G-DR1 optical modules
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nThe MxL93516, a highly integrated PAM4 DSP, offers superior overall performance, power, and cost enabling Centera’s next generation 100G-DR1 optical modules\n\n\n CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nMaxLinear, Inc. (NYSE: MXL), a leading provider of radio frequency (RF), analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the connected home, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multimarket applications, today announced Centera Photonics Inc., a silicon photonics optical solution provider for high performance interconnects, has selected MaxLinear’s Telluride PAM4 DSP (MxL93516) for their next generation 100G-DR1 optical modules.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200311005273/en/Telluride PAM4 DSP Enables Sub-3.5W 100G-DR1 Optical Modules (Graphic: Business Wire)\n\nCentera’s proprietary silicon optical engine sets a new frontier for next-generation (400GbE and above) optical interconnects in datacenter applications. The Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) optical engine platform features a small form factor and supreme signal integrity. It utilizes a high-precision semiconductor process that enables superb thermal management capabilities and ensures high reliability. The optical-electrical (OE) platform is designed to support the next generation I/O requirements of super high-performance silicon photonic ICs (PICs). Centera’s Telluride-based PAM4 100G optical interconnects are expected to be commercially available in April.\n\n\nThe MxL93516, MaxLinear’s second-generation Telluride DSP, extends the company’s PAM4 DSP offering by enabling sub-3.5W QSFP28 and SFP-DD 100G optical modules. Like the first-generation Telluride DSPs, the new device offers a monolithically integrated EA-EML laser driver that significantly reduces the overall optical module BOM cost. The MxL93516 allows companies like Centera to develop a 100Gbps optical interconnect module in a compact form factor for intra-datacenter applications with a transmission distance up to 2 kilometers.\n\n\n\"MaxLinear’s second-generation Telluride PAM4 DSP offers best-in-class power and the industry’s smallest footprint,” said Will Torgerson, Vice President and General Manager of MaxLinear’s High-Speed Interconnect Group. \"We are pleased to see that these features enabled Centera ...