Interlaken is a
royalty-free
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Computer standard ...
interconnect
In telecommunications, interconnection is the physical linking of a carrier's network with equipment or facilities not belonging to that network. The term may refer to a connection between a carrier's facilities and the equipment belonging to ...
protocol
Protocol may refer to:
Sociology and politics
* Protocol (politics), a formal agreement between nation states
* Protocol (diplomacy), the etiquette of diplomacy and affairs of state
* Etiquette, a code of personal behavior
Science and technology
...
.
It was invented by
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc., commonly known as Cisco, is an American-based multinational corporation, multinational digital communications technology conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develo ...
and
Cortina Systems Cortina Systems, Inc. is a supplier of integrated circuits (ICs) for broadband communications founded in 2001. It is based in California.
Cortina System was bought by Inphi Corporation in 2014.
History
Cortina Systems was founded by Amir Nayyerh ...
in 2006, optimized for high-bandwidth and reliable
packet
Packet may refer to:
* A small container or pouch
** Packet (container), a small single use container
** Cigarette packet
** Sugar packet
* Network packet, a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-mode computer network
* Packet radio, a form ...
transfers. It builds on the channelization and per channel flow control features of
SPI-4.2 SPI-4.2 is a version of the System Packet Interface published by the Optical Internetworking Forum. It was designed to be used in systems that support OC-192 SONET interfaces and is sometimes used in 10 Gigabit Ethernet based systems.
SPI-4 is an i ...
, while reducing the number of
integrated circuit
An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, usually silicon. Large numbers of tiny ...
(chip)
I/O pins by using high speed
SerDes
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A Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) is a pair of functional blocks commonly used in high speed communications to compensate for limited input/output. These blocks convert data between serial data and paral ...
technology. Bundles of serial links create a logical connection between components with multiple channels, backpressure capability, and data-integrity protection to boost the performance of communications equipment. Interlaken manages speeds of up to 6
Gbit/s
In telecommunications, data-transfer rate is the average number of bits (bitrate), characters or symbols (baudrate), or data blocks per unit time passing through a communication link in a data-transmission system. Common data rate units are multi ...
per pin (lane) and large numbers of lanes can form an Interlaken interface. It was designed to handle high-speed (
10 Gigabit Ethernet
10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE, 10GbE, or 10 GigE) is a group of computer networking technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of 10 gigabits per second. It was first defined by the IEEE 802.3ae-2002 standard. Unlike previous Eth ...
,
100 Gigabit Ethernet
40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GbE) and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) are groups of computer networking technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at rates of 40 and 100 gigabits per second (Gbit/s), respectively. These technologies offer significantly ...
and beyond)
computer network
A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes. The computers use common communication protocols over digital interconnections to communicate with each other. These interconnections are ...
connections.
An alliance was formed in 2007.
Xilinxan
have both developed FPGAs that have Interlaken hard IP built in.
References
External links
Interlaken White Paper 2007*
ttp://edageek.com/2007/01/23/sle-interlaken-ip-core/ SLE Introduces Interlaken Interconnect Protocol IP CoreOpen-Silicon Interlaken IPEE Times - Open-Silicon updates 'Interlaken' IP coreOpen-Silicon Enhances its Interlaken IP Core For Very High-Speed Chip-to-Chip Serial InterfacesOpen-Silicon Secures 20th Interlaken IP LicenseOpen-Silicon’s Interlaken IP Core Chosen for ALAXALA’s Advanced Networking Infrastructure DeviceOpen-Silicon’s Configurable Interlaken IP Core Delivers High-Performance Chip to Chip Interface for Networking Products at 28nm Process NodeOpen-Silicon Unveils Interlaken IP Core with 600 Gbps Chip-to-Chip Interface Support for Networking, Storage and High-Performance Computing ProductsOpen-Silicon’s Interlaken IP Core Selected for Netronome’s Next-Generation Flow Processors Cisco protocols
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