With an established leadership in silicon for 4x10Gbps and 12x10Gbps applications, IPtronics announces the availability of a 16Gbps version of its power performance leading 4 and 12 channel VCSEL drivers and TIAs for parallel optics.

IPtronics has experienced protocols such as Infiniband, Gigabit Ethernet, proprietary encoding schemes and Fiber Channel driving faster applications based on the ever increasing demand for bandwidth. This, in turn, has led to an increase in requirements for higher density and more through-put in data center applications.

By leveraging existing technologies which are in mass production today, IPtronics now offers a low risk path to more through-put. The 16Gbps integrated circuits from IPtronics have identical footprints to our current 4 channel and 12 channel offering, which operates at channel speeds of from 4Gbps to 12.5Gbps

This makes for a seamless transition path for module manufactures as well as for system manufacturers in re-qualifying for higher speeds. 12.5Gbps per channel is getting more traction and recently Infiniband FDR at 14.025Gbps per channel has been gaining momentum - IPtronics offers a solution with the same architecture and pin out all the way from 5 Gbps per channel to 16Gbps per channel.

Channel rates of 16Gbps+ enable up to 200Gbps total bandwidth using 12 channel silicon. The same channel rates are available in a 4 channel version.

"By monitoring dynamics in the market place and designing for the future, we are pleased to enable the ever growing need for more bandwidth with solutions that are cost efficient and fully available", says Jesper Bek, CEO IPtronics Inc. "As opposed to more exotic technologies, the hybrid approach still offers the best cost per Gbps".


The devices are sampling and come in two versions, wirebond and solder ball. IPtronics bases its solder bump solutions on an established flow with our supplier, ST Microelectronics. This flow is easily scalable to very high volumes and offers better signal integrity than a traditional wirebond process. All the solutions offered by IPtronics are lead-free and ROHS compliant.


Samples are available, production quantities available from June 2010. Please contact us for more information.

The company operates from its headquarters in Roskilde, Denmark and its US operations, IPtronics Inc. based in Menlo Park, CA.


Please visit www.iptronics.com or contact IPtronics on sales(at)iptronics.com for more information.