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THine Electronics has unveiled its latest innovation – an optical digital signal processor (DSP)-less chipset supporting pulse amplitude modulation 4-level (PAM4) 64Gbps for PCIe6.0. This groundbreaking development will be showcased at ECOC2024, one of Europe’s largest exhibitions in the fiber optic communication technology industry, taking place from September 23rd to 25th in Frankfurt, Germany.
With THine’s optical chipset, power consumption can be reduced by 60% and latency lowered by 90% by eliminating DSPs from optical communication systems in data centers. Existing advanced optical communication methods with PCIe suffer from high power consumption issues, such as external modulation lasers in silicon-photonics types and DSPs in vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) driver types. Additionally, DSPs introduce delays due to digital signal processing.
To address these challenges, THine has developed a new chipset comprising of VCSEL driver and trance impedance amplifier (TIA) for a DSP-less active optical cable (AOC) solution with PCIe6.0, leveraging THine’s cutting-edge analog-based technology.
This industry-first optical PAM4 64Gbps chipset delivers exceptional signal recovery performance through THine’s analog technology, removing DSPs from optical modules and even end-point ASICs in data transmission.
“The widespread adoption of generative AI has led to a significant increase in electrical power consumption in data centers. THine’s analog-based chipsets offer an effective solution by reducing power consumption by 60% in optical communication systems, resulting in improved response times for AI processing. Furthermore, this solution can lower latency in optical communication by 90%. Additionally, THine has plans to develop an advanced optical chipset for PCIe7.0 in the future,” stated Yoichiro Minami, the president and COO of THine Electronics.
Applications:
- Super high-speed active optical cables
- Super high-speed on board optics (OBO) modules
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