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Enabling Designers to Create the Industry’s Fastest Chips
The massive compute demands of hyperscale data centers – a backbone of the new pervasive intelligence era – require significantly faster Ethernet speeds to enable emerging workloads of large language models, HPC simulation and AI training. To create the industry’s fastest chips for AI and data center networking applications, Synopsys delivers a complete IP solution for 1.6T Ethernet. The solution, including multi-rate, multi-channel 1.6T Ethernet MAC and PCS Controllers, silicon-proven 224G Ethernet PHY IP, and industry leading verification IP, helps design teams reduce integration risk and accelerate time-to-market.
Key Benefits
Features
- Supports multiple rates up to 1.6T Ethernet rates with 224G and 112G Ethernet PHY IP
Supports IEEE 802.3, OIF-224G and OIF-112G standards electrical specifications
Meets the performance requirements of chip-to-chip, chip-to-module, and long reach copper/ backplane interconnects
DAC-based PAM-4 transmitter includes feed-forward equalization (FFE)
Digital-based receiver consists of analog front-end (AFE), ADC, and advanced digital signal processor (DSP)
High-performance receiver equalization supports channel loss of 45dB
Low jitter phase-locked loops (PLLs) provide robust timing recovery and better jitter performance
Includes Ethernet PCS RS-FEC functions
Interoperability
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Synopsys 224G IP Shows Ecosystem Interops for 1.6Tbps AI Networks at DesignCon 2025
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Synopsys 800G MAC, PCS and PHY IP Interop with Switches and Optical Links at ECOC '24
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Synopsys 224G IP Solution Shows Widest Multi-Vendor Interop at ECOC 2024
News and Blogs
Related Products and Solutions
Our comprehensive portfolio for 1.6T Ethernet provides the advanced IP and resources you need to achieve silicon-success.
Products
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1.6T Ethernet MAC IP
1.6T Ethernet PCS IP
112G Ethernet PHY IP
112G Ethernet PHY IP
UALink IP
Ultra Ethernet IP
HPC Data Center Solution
Deliver 1.6T Ethernet SoCs for server, networking, storage, visual computing, edge infrastructure, and AI applications with the broadest portfolio of high-performance, low-latency & power-efficient IP for the most advanced process nodes.
Industry Support
“AI applications’ demand for high-speed, real-time connectivity is transforming hyperscale data center architectures. Synopsys’ 1.6T Ethernet and PCIe 7.0 IP offer the high bandwidth and low latency that data center providers require to drive the next wave of AI innovation.”
Joachim Peerlings | VP and GM of Network and Data Center Solutions at Keysight