Synopsys Inc. has launched what it claims is the industry’s first complete 1.6T Ethernet intellectual property (IP) solution.
The 1.6T IP is geared for hyperscale data centers that need high-bandwidth, low-latency and can process petabytes of data quickly. The IP allows engineers to create new semiconductors for artificial intelligence (AI) and data center networking applications.
Features of the IP solution include:
- 1.6T MAC and PCS Ethernet controllers
- 224G Ethernet PHY IP
- Verification IP
- Reduces interconnect power consumption by 50%
- Decreases area by 50%
- Reduces latency by 40%
"With growing demands from large language modeling, HPC simulation, and AI training in hyperscale data centers, network boundaries are crossing over the Terabits per second threshold," said Peter Jones, chairman at the Ethernet Alliance. "The availability of development tools capable of meeting these needs is critical to the success of next-generation Ethernet standards addressing this market."
