Date: 06/01/2011

Altera's Stratix IV GT FPGA passes Ethernet Alliance's HSE Interoperability test

Altera Corporation announced it successfully passed the first Ethernet Alliance Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) subcommittee interoperability event tests targeting products designed to support 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) systems.
Altera says it was the only FPGA company to participate in the Ethernet Alliance's first-ever 100GbE interoperability event, which was held in Santa Clara, Calif. The event verified the interoperability of test equipment, switches, routers, NICs, optical transceiver modules and cables used in 100GbE systems. Altera used its 100G Development Kit, Stratix IV GT FPGA Edition to interoperate with leading test equipment, optical module and cable vendors. The tests included Stratix IV GT FPGAs interoperating with test equipment from Ixia; CFP optical modules from Finisar, Opnext and Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations; and optical cable assemblies from Leviton, Panduit and Siemon.
A white paper detailing the results of the Higher Speed Ethernet Plugfest is available on the Ethernet Alliance web site, www.ethernetalliance.org

"The next generation of high-speed, high-performance computing applications and technologies is driving the industry's migration to 40GbE and 100GbE systems," said Luanne Schirrmeister, senior director of component product marketing at Altera. "Using our Stratix IV GT FPGAs in high-bandwidth systems provides equipment manufacturers a high-performance, low-risk, single-chip solution that can be implemented with complete confidence."