S7's ACC - GC1122 vs MACOM's New Linear Equalizer Is MACOM's competitive product to S7's ACC (detailed below) a good thing or a bad thing? MACOM is obviously a bigger more establihed and well financed Industry player than S7, but is their product as robust as S7, and S7 already has quite a sizable backlog of Design wins, one thing it does show is that there is an unmet need for the ACC now as the new Hyper DC's are built at these higher speeds
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MACOM's New Linear Equalizer GC1122 Dual Channel 112Gb/s PAM-4 Linear Equalizer
The GC1122 provides a new option over the conventional choice between short, bulky copper cables and power-hungry, expensive optical interconnects by enhancing the signal integrity on copper cables while supporting 112Gbps PAM-4 signals. With dual-channel linear equalization, low input/output return loss, and high common mode rejection, the GC1122 is ideal for 112Gbps PAM-4 copper interconnects.
- Dual channel equalization
- Supports line rates up to 112Gbps PAM-4 (56Gbaud)
- Equalizes channel response beyond 30GHz
- Wideband equalization handles 64b/66b and 128b/130b coded data
- Works with PAM-4 (112Gb/s) signals
- Allows the receiver EQ to adapt and further equalize the signal
- Fully preserves effects of transmit pre-emphasis adjustments
- FEC compatible
- No time needed to adjust for dynamic rate changes
- Compact 2.7mm x 4.2mm 38-ball CSP, 0.5mm pitch
- Dual channel package ideal for top/bottom routing on SFP, SFP-DD, DSFP, QSFP, QSFP-DD, OSFP modules
- Operates off a single 3.3V power supply
- Each channel has independent equalization settings and standby control
- Lower active and standby power