Wave Issue 0349 02/06/04 Article 5-01

*** TI Unveils 6.25Gbps CMOS Serial Link Technology
(February 3)

Texas Instruments Incorporated announced its 6.25Gbps serial link
product TLK6B008 enabling 6 Gbps transmission over legacy system
backplanes that currently run up to 3Gbps.

The TLK6B008 has eight 6.25Gbps bi-directional serial data channels on
the sharp end and sixteen 3.125Gbps serial data channels on the blunt
end, providing 100Gbps data throughput. The receiver uses 4-tap
adaptive DFE (Decision Feedback Equalization) receive equalizer
technology, including cancellation of the first post cursor. The
transmitter uses a 4-tap equalizer with fully programmable coefficients
at 5-bit resolution.

Features of the TLK6B008

-Octal 6.25G/3.12G/1.25Gbps MUX/1 DEMUX Device
-4-Tap Adaptive Decision-Feedback Receiver
-Programmable, 4-Tap, 5-bit Feed-Forward Equalized Transmitter
-Binary (PAM-2) NRZ Signaling
-1.2/2.5 V Power Supply
-Available in ASIC Core Library

The TLK6B008 comes in a 19x19 pins full-array FC-BGA package with 1 mm
ball pitch. The TLK6B008 is available for sampling now to partner
customers.