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VSC3308 Line Card Application
Switch Card
ASIC or
FPGA
Serial
DC to
11.5 Gbps
XFP
8
Line Card
8
VSC3308PHY
Crosspoint
Backplane
Serial
DC to
11.5 Gbps
Highlights
• DC to 11.5 Gbps operation
• 8 × 8 fully non-blocking switch capability
• Protocol-transparent operation
• Advanced EQ
Applications
• Blade servers
• Storage servers
• Telecom
• Video distribution
• Test and Measurement equipment
VSC3308
1
1.5 Gbps 8 × 8 Crosspoint Switch
Microsemi’s multichannel 11.5 Gbps crosspoint switch provides a cost-
effective solution for high-speed copper interconnects.
The VSC3308 is the industry’s highest performance signal integrity
crosspoint solution. The VSC3308 is uniquely capable of addressing
a wide array of routing, switching, and signal integrity issues across
storage, blade server, video distribution, telecommunications, and
Ethernet applications. Featuring an 8 × 8 non-blocking, multicasting
switch core with ports running at any rate up to 11.5 Gbps, the
VSC3308 architecture provides protocol-transparent operation, allowing
each channel to run independently.
The VSC3308 supports a wide frequency range and virtually all data
protocols.The VSC3308 incorporates Microsemi’s fourth-generation
input equalization and pre-emphasis I/O capability for the industry’s
highest speed and protocol requirements. The device can perform
signal fanout, loopback, and protection switching. It can also regenerate
signals severely compromised by transmission losses. Microsemi’s
equalization works independently of the data rate, providing highly
effective compensation for deterministic jitter across a wide range of
high-speed interconnect applications.
