Synopsys XAUI PHY IP

The Synopsys XAUI PHY IP is compliant with the XAUI specification and designed for use in any networking or high-end computing SoC solutions. Designed for high-speed backplanes, the XAUI PHY supports the 10 Gigabit Ethernet standards that are commonly used in high-speed communications applications. Based on Synopsys' proven high-speed SerDes technology, the Synopsys XAUI PHY IP provides a cost-effective and extremely low-power solution that is designed to meet the needs of today's XAUI designs.

To handle increasing communication system speeds, the XAUI standard is designed to take a 10 Gbps serial stream and divide into four 2.5 Gbps serial streams that run over copper traces and chip-to-chip connections using 8b/10b coding at 3.125 Gbaud. By taking advantage of copper links, higher-performance communications applications can be cost-effectively deployed.

The XAUI PHY integrates high-speed mixed-signal custom CMOS circuitry and is compliant with the XAUI base specification. While extremely low in power consumption and area requirements, Synopsys' XAUI PHY IP substantially exceeds the electrical specifications in such key performance areas as jitter and receiver sensitivity.

The Synopsys Ethernet IP solutions consist of configurable controllers and silicon-proven PHYs supporting speeds of up to 100G, verification IP, IP Prototyping Kits, Software Development Kits and Interface IP Subsystems.