Product Brief
Marvell® ALASKA C 88X7120
Dual 400G, Quad 200G, Octal 100G, 16 port 50G/25G Ethernet Transceiver
Overview
The Marvell Alaska C 88X7120 is a fully integrated single chip
Ethernet transceiver that performs retiming functionality for two
ports of 400GbE, and PHY/retiming functionality for four ports of
200GbE, 8 ports of 100GbE or 16 ports of 50GbE, 25GbE, 10GbE
and 1GbE. The device supports full duplex transmission at all
supported speeds, over a variety of media including optics, passive
direct attach cables and copper backplanes.
802.3ba, 802.3by and 25G consortium for 200GbE, 100GbE,
50GbE, 40GbE, and 25GbE.
The supported FEC types include Clause-134 RS(544,514), FEC
Clause-91 and Clause-108 RS(528,514) FEC and FC(2212,2080)
FEC. This device also supports Auto-negotiation and coeffi cient
training protocol required by the IEEE 802.3 to support
operation over KR backplanes and CR passive copper cables.
The device also supports the gearboxing modes to translate
between NRZ and PAM4 modes for 50G and 100G Ethernet,
with the necessary FEC termination and regeneration required
to translate between NRZ and PAM4 operation.
The 88X7120 has a fully symmetric architecture with Long
Reach serdes, FEC generation and termination functionality,
and Autonegotiation and training capabilities on both host and
line interfaces to provide complete system design fl exibility.
The 88X7120 integrates Long Reach dual mode (PAM4 and
NRZ) SerDes, fully compliant to the IEEE electrical specifi
cations for transmission over passive direct attach 802.3bs,
cables and copper backplanes.
It can also operate as a 16 port protocol agnostic transparent
retimer in which the digital logic associated with the PCS and
FEC functionalities are bypassed, and powered down for a low
latency, low power operation. The transparent mode is support
for both PAM4 and NRZ signaling.
The device supports FEC generation and termination capabilities
for all FEC types defined by IEEE 802.3bs, 802.3cd, 802.3bj,
Block Diagram
16x56G PAM4/25G/10G NRZ
CR/KR capable Long Reach 50G-PAM4, 25G-NRZ SerDes
Auto-Negotiation Coefficient Training
200GbE/100GbE/50GbE/40GbE/25GbE/10GbE/1GbE PCS +FEC
200GbE/100GbE/50GbE/40GbE/25GbE/10GbE/1GbE PCS +FEC
MDIO
JTAG
SyncE
LED
Auto-Negotiation
Coefficient Training
CR/KR capable Long Reach 50G-PAM4, 25G-NRZ SerDes
16x56G PAM4/25G/10G NRZ