Solarflare Rolls Out 10GBASE-T Transceiver

Tag : ethernet fiber transceiver


Irvine-based Solarflare Communications reported today that it hasstarted sipping out a new, 10GBASE-T PHY transceiver, used fortransmitting 10 Gigabit Ethernet over standard copper networkcabling. The new silicon includes a new PHY, the 10Xpress SFT9001;and a vNIC controller, the SFC4000E. The firm said that the newgeneration of its PHY will sample in May to "top-tier" switch andserver OEMS; the firm's new vNIC controller is currently samplingat server OEMs and other customers. Solarflare's products aretargeted at the high speed, 10 Gigabit Ethernet market, where thefirm's semiconductors are used to enable high speed networks overcopper, instead of more expensive fiber connections.