A new switch module was developed based on the shared-memory PRIZMA switch architecture. It provides the highest throughput in the industry for a single-chip lossless switch fabric with integrated control. It employs 440 Mb/s serial I/O technology in a 0.25 um L(eff) CMOS process to offer a 16 x 16 switch module with 28.4 Gb/s aggregate throughput. Its scalability allows the deployment of switch fabrics of 400 Gb/s throughput and greater.
By: Michel Colmant and Ronald P. Luijten
Published in: RZ3087 in 1998
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