Re: PAM5 Objectives
Pat,
A few minor conmments:
1) I agree with Jay's comments regarding power consumption
2) PAM5 solutions must also be significantly cheaper than Serial (<1/2). The
first bullet says "installed base" solutions which alludes to 62.5 um MMF.
Serial doesn't address these. However, PAM5 should also address SMF at <1/2 cost
of Serial or WWDM.
Best Regards,
Rich
--
"Kelly, Pat" wrote:
>
> All:
>
> Below is a first cut of the objectives intended for use in justification of
> a PAM5 PAR. I tried to simplify the list from the Albuquerque meeting to
> sharpen our message.
>
> - Provides significantly lower cost over proposed installed base
> solutions
> - <1/2 of the cost of proposed WWDM solutions
> - support for up to 300m of installed 62.5um MMF
> - Prototypes demonstrated by 802.3ae sponsor ballot
> - Allows scalability to 40gig using WWDM (then 80/100gig?)
> - XAUI compatible
> - Form factor supports high port-count implementations
>
> I look forward to everyone's comments.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pat
>
> N. Patrick Kelly
> Engineering Manager
> Strategic Silicon Labs
> Level One Communications, an Intel Company
> (916)854-2955
-------------------------------------------------------
Richard Taborek Sr. Phone: 408-845-6102
Chief Technology Officer Cell: 408-832-3957
nSerial Corporation Fax: 408-845-6114
2500-5 Augustine Dr. mailto:rtaborek@xxxxxxxxxxx
Santa Clara, CA 95054 http://www.nSerial.com