Hong Kong, March 24, 2015 – Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR) announced that it will demonstrate two solutions for use in optical transmission networks based on its Arria® 10 FPGA at the 2015 OFC exhibition. These solutions are the Altera SoftSilicon® 400G transponder/muxponder (TPO516) and the Altera SoftSilicon single-chip 20-channel “any-rate” mapper with SAR (segmentation and reassembly) capabilities (TPOC226). By utilizing these solutions, system developers designing advanced ODU “cross-connect” systems to handle OTN-based transmission can reduce design complexity. SoftSilicon FPGA-based solutions, based on Altera's 20nm Arria 10 FPGA and providing a transition path to the 14nm Stratix® 10 FPGA, offer standards-based OTN solutions for optical transmission equipment manufacturers to prepare for 100 Gigabit/s and beyond (B100G). Provided as FPGA-based platforms that include comprehensive IP, these solutions are currently available for use in customer designs and enable equipment manufacturers to simplify development work when transitioning to capacity transmission.

If you visit the Altera booth (#413) at the OFC exhibition held from March 24 to 26, you can take a detailed look at Altera's advanced OTN solutions that can achieve 200G, 400G, and 1Tb throughput with a single device. In addition, even if you are unable to attend the OFC exhibition, you can view relevant information at https://www.altera.com/solutions/industry/wireline/applications/transmission/wil-optical-transport-network.html or contact a local Altera sales office.

Mutema Pittman, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing for Altera's OTN, stated, "The Altera OTN SoftSilicon solution based on the Arria 10 FPGA provides a timely solution for network equipment vendors who are realizing that application-specific standard products (ASSPs) have limitations in terms of flexibility and long-term roadmaps. These new SoftSilicon solutions enable faster time-to-market by providing well-designed feature sets and pinouts, as well as software APIs verified on reference hardware. Furthermore, because they are built and verified on systems similar to target applications, they allow system vendors to minimize development risks."

Altera's optical transmission solution

Altera's SoftSilicon Optical Transport Network (OTN) solution not only enables the high level of integration and flexibility required by complex transport applications but also helps resolve issues such as soaring development costs and tight time-to-market pressures faced by these applications. By providing a complete, integrated, and tested IP solution that meets network requirements for use in transponders, muxponders, and P-OTS (packet-optical transport system) applications, it enables equipment manufacturers to simplify their designs.