- Spectra7 Microsystems has announced it has received its first order for production GC1122 chips from a major cable supplier in China
- The chips support active copper cables operating at speeds of up to 800 Gbps and 1.6 Tbps
- The company’s GC1122 chips offer significant cost, size and energy consumption savings
- Shares of Spectra7 are up 2.90 per cent to C$0.355 as of 10:43 am ET
Spectra7 Microsystems (TSXV:SEV) has received its first order for the production of GC1122 chips from a major cable supplier in China.
The San Jose, California-based company said in a statement that its chips operate at speeds of up to 800 Gbps and 1.6 Tbps and that the cable supplier serves North American and Chinese data centre markets.
Benefits of the chips include significant cost, size and energy consumption savings.
“Cables using these chips will be used in qualification at major hyperscalers in both North America and China, and continues our progress with hyperscale data centre customers deploying the most advanced implementations, such as artificial intelligence,” Raouf Halim, CEO of Spectra7 Microsystems, said in a statement.
The company stated it anticipates qualification activities to be completed by the second quarter for deployment in the second half of 2024.
The GC1122 provides options 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.
Spectra7 Microsystems delivers analog semiconductors at a bandwidth, speed and resolution to enable disruptive industrial design for electronics manufacturers in virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, data centres and other connectivity markets.
Shares of Spectra7 are up 2.90 per cent to C$0.355 as of 10:43 am ET.
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