Xilinx Shows 10Gbps Serial Signaling over ATCA

Xilinx demonstrated a 10Gbps AdvancedTCA ("ATCA") backplane powered by its flagship Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs. This represents a four-fold performance boost for the existing ATCA serial backplane architecture based on the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG) 3.0 specification.



Xilinx said network equipment designers will be able to rapidly build fully scalable systems to 10Gbps on a low cost ATCA-standard platform.



In a related announcement, Xilinx bolstered its 10Gbps solutions for serial backplanes by extending its Aurora lightweight link-layer protocol to enable custom data transport up to 10Gbps. Additionally, Xilinx introduced a new Fibre Channel (FC) media access controller (MAC) solution. http://www.xilinx.com