Inphi Announces World's Lowest Power 10G/25G/28G Quad NRZ Clock and Data Recovery Retimer for Module Applications

SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 22, 2016) - Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI), a leading provider of high-speed, mixed signal semiconductor solutions for the communications, computing and data center markets, today announced the production availability of the industry's lowest power Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) Retimer for module applications. Inphi's IN012525-CQ CMOS CDR is a quad retimer IC designed for multi rate operation of 10G/25G/28G speeds.

Designed for modules, Inphi's low power CDR retimer IC delivers the industry's most aggressive performance metrics on mW/Gbps with a total power of only 370mW. The CDR Retimer IC supports continuously self-adapting receivers on all its interfaces. This combination makes the IN012525-CQ CDR IC ideally suited for high density CFP2 / CFP4 / QSFP28 module applications.

"We are excited to advance Inphi's 100G connectivity product roadmap with the production availability of the low power CDR retimer IC for CFP2/CFP4/QSFP28 modules," said Siddharth Sheth, vice president, Networking Interconnect, Inphi. "This CDR retimer IC will relieve the pressure that our customers are under as they continue to push the envelope on lower power as 100G module solutions continue to ramp in the cloud and service provider networks."

"Today's data centers need optical modules with advanced components for high bandwidth applications in order to support the growing data rates and density while simultaneously reducing overall power consumption. Inphi's new CDR has industry leading power consumption that is required for 100G cloud and service provider networks," said Bardia Pezeshki, CEO at Kaiam.

IN012525-CQ CDR Retimer key features:

• Reference less clock SerDes architecture
• Support for 100G BASE-LR4/ER4 and OTU4 applications
• Programmable transmit and adaptive receive equalization on all SerDes interfaces with fine granularity and control, which allows channel loss of up to 15-db at 14Ghz Nyquist
• Self-test modes that allow diagnostic monitoring of channel and system parameters
• Inphi's iSCAN™ GUI and Link Analysis Toolkit for eye-scan and monitor on all SerDes receiver interfaces for link margin and stress testing
• Protocol based receiver signal strength indicators for robust link health diagnosis
• Available in dual package footprint in 10x10mm and 6x6mm

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About Inphi
Inphi Corporation is a leading provider of high-speed, mixed signal semiconductor solutions for the communications, computing and data center markets. Inphi's end-to-end data transport platform delivers high signal integrity at leading-edge data speeds, addressing performance and bandwidth bottlenecks in networks, from fiber to memory. Inphi's solutions minimize latency in computing environments and enable the rollout of next-generation communications infrastructure. Inphi's solutions provide a vital interface between analog signals and digital information in high-performance systems, such as telecommunications transport systems, enterprise networking equipment, enterprise and data center servers, and storage platforms. To learn more about Inphi, visit www.inphi.com.

About Kaiam Corporation
 Headquartered in Newark, California, with large-scale manufacturing in Livingston, Scotland, Kaiam is a private company commercializing photonic integrated circuits. Founded in 2009 by leading technologists from the optical networking industry, the team has a record of delivering breakthrough products that change the rules of the marketplace. Current products include 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s optical transceivers optimized for data centers. For more information, visit http://www.kaiam.com and follow on Twitter: @KAIAMcorp.

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