AppliedMicro to Demonstrate the World’s First 100G PAM4 Single Wavelength Solution at OFC 2016

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 22, 2016 -- Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (Nasdaq:AMCC), a global leader in computing and connectivity solutions, today announced that it will demonstrate the world’s first 100G PAM4 single wavelength solution for 100G and 400G Ethernet at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC). Attendees of OFC, taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. March 20 – 24, 2016 can view live demonstrations of the technology in booth No. 3257.

“Demand for 100G Ethernet is being driven by cloud services and hyperscale data centers,” said Omar Hassen, associate vice president of connectivity business, AppliedMicro. “Existing solutions will not be able to meet the power and cost points required by today’s data centers. Our low power 16nm FINFET solution enables 100G PAM4 single laser solutions in QSFP28 form factors and serves as a key breakthrough for 400G PAM4 Ethernet. This solution is built upon our proven industry-leading mixed signal and DSP technology and will fuel the upgrade cycle to 100GE and 400GE in data centers.”

Driven by the increasing need for networking bandwidth by hyperscale data centers and cloud services, the market is seeking a transition to 100GE. Single wavelength 100G PAM4 will enable the lowest cost QSFP28 100GE transceivers, in addition to the smallest form factor and lowest cost 400GE transceivers.

AppliedMicro’s 100G PAM4 single wavelength solution enhances transceiver and module reliability by reducing the number of optical components by 75 percent when compared to a CWDM4 solution. AppliedMicro’s solution is implemented in 16nm CMOS FINFET technology, and takes advantage of the company’s 56Gbaud ADC/DAC, Backplane Serdes and programmable low power DSP.

“The Web-scale data center community has shown a propensity for rapid technology adoption-accelerating and compressing product life cycles,” said Ian Redpath, principal analyst, Ovum. “For the data center intra-connect world, Ovum has forecast a rapid transition from 40G to 100G solutions. The quicker a single lambda 100G solution can be brought to market, the broader its market window in the emerging 100G data center intra-connect market. AppliedMicro’s single laser PAM4 solution has the potential to capture a first mover advantage in this compelling market opportunity.”

Tier one customers are actively working on 100G single laser module solutions anchored on AppliedMicro’s silicon.

About AppliedMicro

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ:AMCC) is a global leader in computing and connectivity solutions for next-generation cloud infrastructure and data centers. AppliedMicro delivers silicon solutions that dramatically lower total cost of ownership. Corporate headquarters are located in Santa Clara, California. www.apm.com.

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