Plato Networks Adopts Diamond 108Mini For Upcoming 10Gigabit PHY Design

Plato Networks has licensed the Diamond Standard 108Mini processor core for an upcoming 10 Gigabit Ethernet physical layer transceiver (PHY) chip design. Plato Networks is developing low-power, single-chip, 10 Gbps physical layer ICs for low-cost copper cabling based on the newly approved IEEE 10GBASE-T standard (802.3an).

“We needed the flexibility of a small 32-bit processor core for the evolving requirements of the 10 Gbps PHY market,” stated Pirooz Hojabri, vice president of engineering, Plato Networks. “The Diamond Standard 108Mini was the perfect fit from a size, power, code density, and cost perspective.”

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