MoSys Announces Renesas Electronics Support of GigaChip Interface for Chip-to-Chip Communications
MoSys
(NASDAQ: MOSY), a leader in semiconductor solutions that enable fast,
intelligent data access for network and communications systems, today
announced that Renesas
Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced
semiconductor solutions, will support the GigaChip™
Interface in its Networking ASIC business.
The GigaChip Interface (GCI) is a scalable, high-performance, serial
protocol for chip-to-chip communications that is differentiated in
efficiency and reliability, resulting in system level benefits of
reduced power, cost and complexity. Current implementations built with
compatible CEI-11G or XFI SerDes electrical transport standards deliver
up to 144Gbps of full duplex data throughput using 16 serdes lanes when
running at a 10G rate. A key differentiator for the GCI protocol is high
transport efficiency, even for small payloads. Alternative serial
interfaces are typically less than 50 percent efficient when
transferring 8B and 16B data, which means that they deliver less than
half the performance at a given bandwidth. The combination of 90 percent
transport efficiency, from small to large payloads, combined with power
efficient short reach physical interconnect makes GCI ideal for
co-processor, memory, or multi-chip communication. The interface also
includes CRC error detection and automatic error recovery provisions to
meet the high reliability requirements of enterprise, service provider,
and mission critical communications and compute applications. GCI is an
open, royalty-free, interface specification designed for use with the
MoSys Bandwidth Engine family of ICs and is suitable for any
chip-to-chip interconnect.
“As a leading ASIC provider to the industry, we see a major trend
towards serial chip-to-chip interconnect, which is necessary to enable
systems at 100G and beyond,” said Akira Denda, General Manager, 2nd
Industrial Network Business Division of Renesas Electronics Corp. “We
believe the GigaChip Interface provides the reliability, performance,
efficiency, and openness needed, and we are pleased to expand our strong
IP portfolio for our networking ASIC customers.”
“Renesas Electronics is one of the world’s leading providers of
high-performance ASICs and we are pleased to have them support the
GigaChip Interface in their networking ASIC business,” said John
Monson, Vice President of Marketing for MoSys. “Through our
collaboration, MoSys and Renesas will be able to offer our mutual
customers powerful solutions that combine MoSys' Bandwidth
Engine® ICs connected with ASICs from Renesas Electronics through
the GigaChip Interface.”
About MoSys, Inc.
MoSys, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOSY) is an IP-rich fabless semiconductor company
that provides high performance solutions for fast, intelligent data
access in network and communications systems. Engineered and built for
high-reliability carrier and enterprise applications, MoSys' products
are breaking bandwidth barriers™ in data processing to allow for faster
packet access and analysis, expanded user capacity and new capabilities
required by the expanding global infrastructure. MoSys' Bandwidth
Engine® family of ICs combines the company's patented 1T-SRAM®
high-density, embedded memory and high-speed, 10 Gigabits per second
serial interface with its intelligent access technology and a highly
efficient GigaChip™ Interface transport protocol to eliminate
bottlenecks in high-speed data access. MoSys is headquartered in Santa
Clara, California, and more information is available at www.mosys.com.
MoSys, 1T-SRAM and Bandwidth Engine are registered trademarks of
MoSys, Inc. in the US and/or other countries. Breaking Bandwidth
Barriers, GigaChip and the MoSys logo are trademarks of MoSys, Inc. All
other marks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
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