Xilinx Korea (Country Manager Heung-sik Ahn) April 9, 2015 – Xilinx announced the release of the Virtex® UltraScale™ 20nm FPGA for use in the JDSU ONT 400G Ethernet test platform. This new platform provides 400G bandwidth and enables more robust packet-to-packet-based precision analysis, meeting the demands and complexity of modern 400G applications. The Xilinx® Virtex® UltraScale™ VU095 device is a key component of the ONT 400G Ethernet test platform, providing bandwidth that enables a single-pass architecture for unprecedented levels of performance and system integration, as well as minimal chip-to-chip overhead.

Paul Brooks, Product Line Manager at JDSU, said, “Vertex UltraScale devices can provide the power and flexibility needed to accelerate 400G product development, verification, and interoperability.”

The JDSU ONT 400G Ethernet test platform introduced a comprehensive module stress test concept based on the ONT architecture using minimal equipment. This industry leadership and know-how has been applied to support and verify the requirements and complexities of the latest 400G transponders and 400G pluggables.

Hanneke Krekels, Head of the Test, Measurement and Emulation Market at Xilinx, stated, “With Xilinx UltraScale FPGAs, industry leaders like JDSU can provide next-generation test solutions,” adding, “Through this new platform, JDSU can meet the needs of 400G Ethernet users and further accelerate the ecosystem.”

This solution was introduced at OFC 2015, held in Los Angeles, USA, from March 24 to 26, 2015. A related demo video can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Dl-wLhqI72E.