[November 21, 2009] Vitesse Unveils New Clock and Data Recovery Device Tweet Nov 20, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. announced the VSC8238-02 EDC clock and data recovery (CDR) device, the newest member of its family of integrated circuits featuring Vitesse's FlexEQ Electronic Dispersion Compensation (EDC) technology. The company said the VSC8238-02 meets the challenges of transmitting and recovering 8G Fibre Channel data in lossy legacy blade server backplanes and host bus adapters (HBA). Additionally, the VSC8238-02 is backward compatible with 2G and 4G Fibre Channel for legacy backplane data rate upgrades, according to Vitesse. Vitesse noted that its FlexEQ technology in the VSC8238-02 allows upgrades at both the switch and HBA ends with high confidence of first-pass design success. "Vitesse's VSC8238-02 EDC CDR solution is taking the migration of legacy Fibre Channel storage hardware to a new level," said Gary Paules, product marketing manager for Vitesse. "As the need to overcome bandwidth demands on the data center grows increasingly common, the ability to double or quadruple the data rate quickly and cost-efficiently has become imperative. Our new device provides field-proven 8G operation with unique backward compatibility to effectively address this critical technical challenge for the first time." "Vitesse's VSC8238-02 EDC solution, together with QLogic's 8G Fibre Channel adapters, will enable storage vendors to quickly and cost-effectively migrate legacy 2G and 4G Fibre Channel systems to 8G," said Satish Lakshmanan, director of product marketing, Host Solutions Group, QLogic. "This solution enables our customer base to respond rapidly to increasing storage demands and maintain superior performance in virtualized environments with minimal impact to existing infrastructure." "Vitesse collaborated closely with Emulex to ensure the transparent integration of the Vitesse's VSC8238-02 EDC product with Emulex's recently announced LightPulse 8G Fibre Channel HBA CIOv Expansion Card," said Clay Glenn, director of product marketing, Emulex Corp. "In addition to enabling 8G Fibre Channel operation on legacy server platforms, Emulex's collaboration with Vitesse allows Emulex 8G HBAs to support the stringent auto-negotiation requirements for 2G and 4G Fibre Channel operation, thus providing a seamless migration path for the equipment user." The VSC8238XKP-02 is production released, Vitesse said. Vitesse designs, develops and markets semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise Ethernet networks. More Information: www.vitesse.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]