Adam Healey

High-Speed Serial Interconnect

With the increase in port speeds and line card port density comes a proportional increase in line card capacity. This increase in capacity puts pressure on intracard and card-card communications channels. In many cases, it makes sense to transition these interfaces to arrays of high-speed serializer/deserializer devices, commonly referred to as serdes.

Interconnects are moving from MHz->GHz should you be afraid?: or... "my giga hertz, does yours?"

Chip interfaces, including standards like PCI Express, are increasingly relying on high-speed serial technology. This move from MHz to GHz brings with it a myriad of chip design challenges that many designers have never faced before. This diverse panel of experts in chip and IP mixed-signal design will describe not only why you SHOULD be afraid (very afraid), but also whats being done to make this transition practical, including new design techniques and standards.