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Alphawave IP Achieves Its First Testchip Tapeout for TSMC N3E Process
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Alphawave IP Achieves Its First Testchip Tapeout for TSMC N3E Process
PR Newswire
LONDON and TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2022
New SerDes solution to be presented at the TSMC 2022 Open Innovation Platform
(OIP) this month in Santa Clara, CA
LONDON and TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alphawave IP (LSE: AWE), a
global leader in high-speed connectivity for the world's technology
infrastructure, today announced the successful tapeout of its ZeusCORE100®
1-112Gbps NRZ/PAM4 Serialiser-Deserialiser ("SerDes"), Alphawave's first
testchip on TSMC's most advanced N3E process. Alphawave IP will be
exhibiting this new product alongside its complete portfolio of
high-performance IP, chiplet, and custom silicon solutions at the TSMC OIP
Forum
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on October 26 in Santa Clara, CA as the Platinum sponsor.
ZeusCORE100® is Alphawave's most advanced multi-standard-SerDes, supporting
extra-long channels over 45dB and the most requested standards such as 800G
Ethernet, OIF 112G-CEI, PCIe GEN6, and CXL3.0. Attendees will be able to visit
the Alphawave booth and meet the company's technology experts including
members of the recently acquired OpenFive
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team. OpenFive is a longstanding partner of TSMC through the OIP Value Chain
Aggregator (VCA) program. OpenFive is one of a select few companies with an
idea-to-silicon methodology in TSMC's latest technologies, and advanced
packaging capabilities, enabling access to the most advanced foundry solution
available with the best Power-Performance-Area (PPA). With Alphawave's
industry-leading IP portfolio and the addition of OpenFive's capabilities,
designers can create systems on a chip (SoCs) that pack more compute power
into smaller form factors for networking, AI, storage, and high-performance
computing (HPC) applications.
Tony Pialis, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alphawave said:
"Alphawave is proud to be among the first to utilize TSMC's most advanced 3nm
technology. Our partnership continues to bring innovative, high-speed
connectivity technology that will power the most advanced data centers, and we
are excited to showcase these solutions at the TSMC OIP Forum event."
Along with the exhibition, Alphawave IP's VP of Marketing, Clint Walker will
be showcasing customer success from Achronix Semiconductor Corporation, in