Micron licenses Avago's 30G SerDes for Hybrid Memory Cube Devices
Avago's core technology supports next generation HMC devices
Avago Technologies, a supplier of analogue interface components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, has announced that Micron Technology, has licensed Avago's 28nm Low Power 30Gbps Serialiser/Deserialiser (SerDes) IP for use in Micron's next generation Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) devices.
"Avago is an established leader in the development and delivery of high-speed SerDes cores with an offering that is very well suited for integration into our HMC product line," says Tom Eby, vice president of Micron's Compute and Networking Business Unit. "Based on its advanced performance and low power, we are confident that our customers will benefit from the presence of the Avago SerDes on both sides of the memory channel."
"We are pleased that our SerDes technology plays a vital role in Micron's next generation HMC offering," adds Frank Ostojic, vice president and general manager of the ASIC/ASSP Product Division at Avago. "We are excited about participating in the major shift in memory technology that HMC represents."
With over 350 million SerDes channels shipped, Avago has a history of delivering cores that support a wide range of industry specifications such as PCI Express, Fibre Channel, XAUI, CEI, 10GBASE-KR, SFI, and IEEE 802.3ba.
The SerDes cores feature decision feedback equalisation (DFE), resulting in lower overall power usage.
Micron HMC devices use advanced through-silicon vias (TSVs) - vertical conduits that electrically connect a stack of individual chips - to combine high-performance logic with Micron's DRAM. Micron says HMC has been recognised by industry leaders and influencers as the long-awaited answer to the growing gap between the performance improvement rate of DRAM and processor data consumption rates.
