In addition to great demos at DesignCon, Xilinx showcased Virtex® UltraScale+™ FPGAs at OFC 2019.
FlexEthernet (FlexE) is a new flexible Ethernet client interface standard defined by the OIF. FlexE specifies ways to support Ethernet MAC rates that don't correspond exactly to those in the IEEE's Ethernet specifications. FlexE supports a various Ethernet MAC rates such as 10G, 40G, and nx25G. Using FlexE enables network operators to decouple Ethernet rates on the client side from the actual physical interface via a new shim, packaging multiple Ethernet streams of 5, 10, 25 or even 100G into a higher rate interface. This enables network planners to integrate newer faster interfaces with existing interconnect and infrastructure. FlexE also allows the use of lower rate Ethernet PHYs to be used to send larger rate Ethernet MAC rates using bonding.
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