LONDON, United Kingdom, and TORONTO, Canada – January 28, 2025 – Alphawave Semi (LSE: AWE), a global leader in high-speed connectivity and compute silicon for the world’s technology infrastructure, announced that it will demonstrate its High Speed Communication IP at DesignCon 2025. This will be achieved in collaboration with partners including Amphenol, Foxconn Interconnect Technologies, MathWorks, Samtec and Tektronix.
Floor demonstrations will feature the interconnect IP and products from partner companies, highlighting the collaborative ecosystem driving advancements in AI data centers. These showcases at the exposition underline Alphawave Semi’s role in shaping the future roadmap of industry interconnect solutions.
- 128G: Showcasing PCIe® External Cabling Feasibility at 128G with Foxconn FIT’s OSFP-XD Cable and Connector. Booth: 913
- 64G: Demonstrating PCIe® External Cabling Feasibility at 64G with Foxconn FIT’s CDFP Cable and Connector. Booth: 913
- 128G: Featuring PCIe® External Cabling Feasibility at 128G with Amphenol’s CEM Connector and CopperLink MCIO Solution. Booth: 833
- 112G Xtra Long Reach (XLR) SerDes: 100GbE Compliance Conformance with Tektronix. Booth: 819
- 112G XLR: Robust Ethernet Performance Demonstration with Samtec. Booth: 939
At the convention, Alphawave Semi’s team of interconnect experts will participate in panel and speaker sessions. These include Alphawave Semi’s Michael Klempa, Senior Staff Engineer, and David Kulansky, Director, Solutions Engineering, joining Amphenol’s Samuel Kocsis to present a joint paper titled “Exploring CopprLink & the Future Towards Electro-Optical Interconnects for Evolving Rack Architectures in Data Centers”.
Klempa will also take part in the Optical Internetworking Forum’s (OIF) “Energy Efficient Interfaces for the Next Generation of AI Compute” panel session.
Alphawave Semi’s Ilamparidhi I, Principal Engineer, VLSI, will deliver two presentations titled “Innovative Interposer Solutions for HBM3/4 with Silicon Interposer Technology: A Path to 12.8Gbps”, and “Innovative Layout Optimization Methodology & Via Routing Pattern to Enable UCIe-36Gbps in Organic Interposers”.
Finally, in collaboration with MathWorks, Alphawave Semi’s Adrien Auge, Applications Engineer, Principal, will present a joint paper titled “Genetic Algorithm-Driven IBIS-AMI Optimization for Robust 200G SerDes Design”.
Now in its 30th year, the annual convention and exposition, takes place in Santa Clara, CA, from January 28 – January 30, and is the must-attend event for chip, board, and systems design engineers.
Presentation timings:
Wednesday January 29
Innovative Interposer Solutions for HBM3/4 with Silicon Interposer Technology: A Path to 12.8Gbps
9a.m., Ballroom E – Full details here
Exploring CopprLink & the Future Towards Electro-Optical Interconnects for Evolving Rack Architectures in Data Centers
3p.m., Ballroom B – Full details here
Thursday January 30
Innovative Layout Optimization Methodology & Via Routing Pattern to Enable UCIe-36Gbps in Organic Interposer
8a.m., Ballroom C – Full details here
Genetic Algorithm-Driven IBIS-AMI Optimization for Robust 200G SerDes Design
11:15 a.m., Ballroom G – Full details here
OIF Panel – Energy Efficient Interfaces for the Next Generation of AI Compute
1:15 p.m., Chiphead Theater – Full details here
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About Alphawave Semi
Alphawave Semi is a global leader in high-speed connectivity and compute silicon for the world’s technology infrastructure. Faced with the exponential growth of data, Alphawave Semi’s technology services a critical need: enabling data to travel faster, more reliably, and with higher performance at lower power. We are a vertically integrated semiconductor company, and our IP, custom silicon, connectivity products and chiplets are deployed by global tier-one customers in data centres, compute, networking, AI, 5G, autonomous vehicles, and storage. Founded in 2017 by an expert technical team with a proven track record in licensing semiconductor IP, our mission is to accelerate the critical data infrastructure at the heart of our digital world. To find out more about Alphawave Semi, visit: awavesemi.com.