Escalating power costs and upcoming ENERGY STAR compliance guidelines from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy are driving IT and telecommunications equipment manufacturers to build more power-efficient products. Substantial economies in energy consumption can be achieved by the deployment of multi-rate devices, which are capable of ramping down during periods of inactivity. The LSI energy-efficient GbE PHY transitions to low-power mode in the absence of data traffic, yet immediately returns to full speed when traffic resumes.
Because online traffic continues to escalate, both high performance and low power consumption are essential to the mass deployment of next-generation, energy-efficient Ethernet networks. The LSI GbE PHY is capable of reducing Ethernet switch power consumption by over 30%, and it is available now for implementation in custom integrated designs. It is also backward compatible with existing Ethernet standards, which allows for rapid migration.
“Private enterprises and government agencies can meet the demands of growing network traffic and impending federal guidelines by accelerating their plans to upgrade to high-performance, low-energy networks,” said Jim Anderson, vice president of geographic sales and marketing, Semiconductor Solutions Group, LSI. “Our customers are implementing the new LSI GbE PHY to meet those demands today.”
