FC-0/FC-1 Chips
Introduction
The Fibre Channel protocol consists of different layers. The FC-
0 and FC-1 layer define the physical
media, Open Fibre Control and the 8b10b coding scheme. The Fibre Channel
handshake protocols are defined in FC-2.
Devices
The following manufacturers have chips that handle the FC-0 and FC-1 layer:
The following manufacturers have SERDES (transceivers) with an 8-bit interface:
AMCC
STMicrolelectronics
Vitesse
AMCC
Also SERDES with 8-bit interface (8B10B coder included) and dual/quad versions
Contact: AMCC - 7-Jan-1999
Fujitsu
SERDES only with 10-bit interface.
Contact: Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor
- 7-Jan-1999
Hewlett Packard
HP Fibre Channel Components
SERDES only with 10-bit interface.
Contact: HP Electronic Components
- 7-Jan-1999
Ratheyon
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266 Mbps
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Selectable 8B/10B encoding/decoding of data
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5 V, 64-pin PQFP, 68-pin PLCC
Contact: Raytheon - 7-Jan-1999
Sony
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Fibre Channel Transmitters, Receivers, Transceivers, Repeaters
SERDES only with 10-bit interface.
Contact: Sony Semiconductor
- 7-Jan-1999
STMicroelectronics
Warning: very slow site, may need retry
Contact: STMicroelectronics - 7-Jan-1999
Texas Instruments
Contact: Texas Instruments - 7-Jan-1999
Triquint
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266 Mbps, 531/1063 and also a 2.5 Gbps 20-bits Transceiver
SERDES only with 10-bit interface.
Contact: Triquint - 7-Jan-1999
Vitesse
See also Switches
and backplane products for some interesting FC compatible chips
SERDES's with 10-bit and 20-bit interfaces. See Switches
and backplane product for SERDES with 8-bit interface (VSC7211, VSC7214)
Contact: Vitesse - 11-Jan-1999
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Erik van der Bij - 11 January
1999 - Disclaimer