Quanta Computer Selects AMCC’s QT2025 10GbE PHY for Its High Density Switching Platform

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ:AMCC), a global leader in optical transport, embedded Power Architecture™ processing and storage solutions, announced today that Quanta Computer Inc. has selected AMCC’s QT2025 10GbE PHY for its new 10Gbps high density switching platform. Taiwan-based Quanta Computer, one of the world’s largest ODMs, develops products for notebook computers, enterprise network systems, home entertainment, mobile communications, automotive electronics and digital home markets.

The AMCC QT2025 10GbE PHY device enables the new Quanta switching platform to deliver very high density and leading performance in a small form factor with lower power dissipation. AMCC’s QT2025 is the industry's first SFI-to-XAUI PHY with electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) that supports 10GBASE-LRM, 10GBASE-LR, 10GBASE-SR and 10GBASE-KR. The QT2025 is also capable of driving 15 meter copper links using low-cost Infiniband™ 1x twinax cable, allowing 10GE board-to-board and rack-to-rack links to be realized without the need of optical fibre and optical modules. The QT2025’s highly sophisticated SFI receiver and transmitter are used to equalize the impairments over this inexpensive medium, providing a more cost-effective and elegant alternative to CX4 cabling for data center and stacking applications.

The Quanta switching platform provides a high density number of SFP+ ports and is designed for enterprise and datacenter applications. It will be available with several density options.

“The proven performance of our QT2025 10Gbps PHY was a key factor in reducing the time-to-market for Quanta’s new high density switching platform,” said Neal Neslusan Director of Transport Marketing at AMCC. “This new product from Quanta is the latest example of the increasingly rapid rate of customer adoption of AMCC’s market leading 10GbE PHYs.”

“The 10GbE PHY is a critical component in our new high density switching platform, therefore we had very strict selection guidelines,” noted Mike Yang, General Manager and Vice President of Quanta Computer, Inc. “AMCC met all of these requirements with their understanding of the high density system challenges, the performance of the chip and their turnkey solution. They were big differentiators in helping us meet our overall project cost, scheduling and performance guidelines.”

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About AMCC

AMCC provides leadership semiconductor solutions to process, transport, and store digital information for the world's wired and wireless networks. As a leading supplier of Power Architecture™ based processors and with world-class expertise in SONET and Ethernet protocol processing and PHY technology and Storage processors and RAID controllers, our products are the foundation of the IP Communications Revolution. AMCC's 3ware® SAS and SATA RAID product families deliver cost-effective, high-performance, high-capacity storage for enterprises and consumers worldwide for applications from the desktop to the data center. For further information regarding AMCC, please visit our website at http://www.amcc.com.