Samsung Semiconductor Offers SerDes Intellectual Property for High-Speed ASIC Designs
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Sept. 13, 2004—
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. (SSI), a leader in
system-on-a-chip technology, today added industry-leading SerDes
(Serializer/DeSerializer) technology to its portfolio of Intellectual
Property (IP) giving ASIC customers direct access to this high-speed
data-transfer technology. SerDes technology breaks through the
bottleneck faced by current parallel interface solutions (e.g. SCSI)
to significantly increase the bandwidth capability of enterprise
storage applications and storage area network (SAN) products such as
host bus adapter cards, disk drives, RAID Arrays and fabric switches.
"Using our advanced SerDes technology, customers can supply small
form-factor devices, gaining a predominant technological edge with a
competitive chip-size as they develop their next generation devices,"
said S.H. Hong, director of Samsung Semiconductor's System LSI
division. "Customers can select from several types of our SerDes IP
blocks that support the state-of-the art enterprise storage solutions
including 4G Fiber Channel, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and PCI
Express."
Samsung developed its advanced SerDes IP blocks in 0.13um CMOS
logic process. These IPs operate with lower jitter and power usage --
an essential requirement for embedded ASIC designs. In addition,
SerDes IP enables very small die area, resulting in substantially
reduced device costs.
Availability/Support
Samsung is now offering SerDes IP at 2 and 4Gbits/s speeds for
Fiber Channel, 3Gbits/s speed for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), and
2.5Gbits/s for PCI Express PHY. Evaluation kits are currently
available. Samsung's technical service teams are located worldwide to
provide hands-on assistance, so customers can fully leverage the
benefits of the SerDes technology into their enterprise storage and
SAN designs.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., is a global leader in
semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital
convergence technologies with 2003 parent company sales of US$36.4
billion and net income of US$5.0 billion. Employing approximately
88,000 people in 89 offices in 46 countries, the company consists of
six main business units: Corporate Technology Operations, Digital
Appliance Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business,
Semiconductor Business and Telecommunication Network Business.
Recognized as one of the fastest-growing global brands, Samsung
Electronics is the world's largest producer of color monitors, color
TVs, memory chips, TFT-LCDs and VCRs. For more information, visit
www.samsung.com.
Samsung Semiconductor Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., is located in San Jose, Calif. More
information can be found at http://www.usa.samsungsemi.com/.
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Contact:
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
Lisa Warren-Plungy, 408-544-5377
lwarrenplungy@ssi.samsung.com
