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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / AUGUST 11, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 32
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Breaking News - Networking:
Mysticom Teams With Mentor Graphics To Test GigE/10GigE
Mysticom and Mentor Graphics have announced rigorous performance capabilities
and compatibility with the completion of extensive interoperability testing
for both their Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet solutions. The tests confirmed
that Mysticom's MY3104 (10G Ethernet PHY) and the Mentor Graphics Ethernet
A-XGMAC (10G MAC), provide a cost-effective, high-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet
connection. In addition, Mysticom's MY1104/E (Gigabit Ethernet Quad PHY) and
the Mentor Graphics Ethernet PE-GMAC0 (1G MAC) achieved reliable, standard
compliant, Ethernet operation with error free transmission. The performance
and compatibility guaranteed by the proven Ethernet interoperability tests
should help accelerate OEM development time for next generation routers,
switches, and other optical networking equipment and reduce time-to-market.
"We are very pleased with the results demonstrated during interoperability
testing with Mentor Graphics Ethernet IP," said Wiren Perera, vice president
of worldwide marketing for Mysticom. "These results provide our customers with
a fast track to developing Gigabit and 10 Gigabit solutions in conjunction
with technology from an industry leader."
"This technology collaboration with Mysticom addresses the needs of today's
highly integrated communications and networking systems," said Michael
Kaskowitz, general manager of the Mentor Graphics IP division. "Our industry
leading, silicon-proven Ethernet IP, combined with Mysticom's Ethernet PHY,
will enable customers to deploy their product development plans with speed and
greater reliability."
Mentor Graphics recently acquired the complete line of Ethernet and media
access control (MAC) IP group from Alcatel, the industry leader for Ethernet
IP, used in 80% of the 10/100 Mbit/s ports and over 50% of the Gigabit
Ethernets ports shipping worldwide.
Testing Overview
I. The initial test between the Mentor Graphics Gigabit MAC and the Mysticom's
MY1104/E Gigabit Quad PHY demonstrated 1000BASE-X standard compliance with
error-free operation while communicating through the Ten Bit Interface and an
MDIO bus. Jumbo Packets (9.6KB length) were exchanged between devices, while
local clock sources were operated with a maximum allowed drift of 200ppm, to
simulate the most stressful real life communication environment.
II. The second test between the Mentor Graphics 10Gigabit MAC and the Mysticom
wMY3104 10 Gigabit PHY demonstrated 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard compliance
and error-free operation. This was based on communication through the XGMII
Interface and MDIO bus. Multiple packets were exchanged between devices, while
local clock sources were operated with a maximum allowed 200 ppm drift to
simulate a real life communication environment.
About Mysticom's MY1104/E and MY3104
The MY1104/E is a Gigabit Ethernet Quad PHY transceiver with four
Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) channels that operate from 1.0 to 1.25 Gbps
(4 X 1.25 Gbps). The MY1104/E features the industry's lowest power consumption
(0.6W), an extended operating temperature range (-40C to +85C), clock
compensation and recovery along with multiple self-testability options on each
channel.
The MY3104 is a performance-enhanced 10 Gigabit Ethernet PHY Transceiver
intended for port side, backplane, and rack-to-rack applications. The MY3104
features an optional enhanced mode, which integrates forward error correction
(FEC) on each channel (4 X 3.125Gbps) and greatly improves the bit error rate
(BER) to better than 10-17.
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