PAM4 and Coherent-lite DSPs Powering Al & Hyperscale Data Centers
Introducing Cu-Wave™, O-Wave™ and Co-Wave™ portfolio of 800G and 1.6T DSP solutions
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PAM4 and Coherent-lite DSPs deliver 800G and 1.6T at up to 20 km
Alphawave Semi's diverse portfolio of connectivity products feature innovative DSPs tailored for PAM4 and Coherent-lite modulations. These have been designed to handle high-speed digital data transmission across accelerated Al compute infrastructure of hyperscaler data centers. The O-Wave™, Cu-Wave™ and Co-Wave™ DSPs are built on proven and leading-edge SerDes IP, with WidEye™ DSP technology for advanced signal integrity management and EyeQ™ for advanced telemetry and diagnostics:
- Addresses 800G and 1.6T connectivity needs served by optical modules, AOC and AEC solutions
- Reaches span from IntraDC, InterDC and up to 20 km Campus DCI
Alphawave Semi Owns the Critical Connectivity Assets
As the GPU is the enabling processor of GenAI, the DSP is the enabling processor of connectivity
Optical and electrical
PAM4 and Coherent-lite DSPs powered by WidEye™ and EyeQ™ technologies
Leading edge
Based on Alphawave Semi's proven and industry-leading high-speed SerDes/high- performance analog IP plus SOC and firmware expertise
Performance
800G and 1.6T interconnect solutions with 3 m reach over electrical cable and up to 20 km over optics
Cu-Wave™
PAM4 DSPs for active electrical cable (AEC)
O-Wave™
PAM4 DSPs for optical retimer and gearbox transceivers
Co-Wave™
Coherent-lite DSPs for optical transceivers
AEC
AOC
400G
800G
1.6T
“With a strong heritage in high-speed SerDes in leading-edge process nodes, this market entry should be highly disruptive and will be beneficial to hyperscalers. With the trend towards more distributed processing taking place over data center campuses, the PAM4 and Coherent-lite DSP market is set for continued growth and we forecast it will reach over $4 billion dollars by 2028. Being in a select pool of companies that are currently able to provide both PAM4 and Coherent-lite products, Alphawave is well positioned.”
Vladimir Kozlov – Founder and CEO of LIGHTCOUNTING
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