News
	Date Posted:	27/10/2008
	Title:	BittWare Announces Reconfigurable FPGA AMC Module ( 1244)
	Summary	AdvancedMC enables higher port density while maintaining low power consumption, all in a completely flexible, reconfigurable platform ideal for serial communications
	Main Text	BittWare has announced their newest AdvancedMC module - the SF/GX-AMC (SF/GXAM). The SF/GXAM features four small form-factor pluggable-plus (SFP/SFP+) transceivers enabling support of virtually any serial communication standard, including Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, SONET, CPRI, and OBSAI. The four SFP/SFP+ SerDes channels are connected directly to the on-board Altera® Stratix® II GX FPGA which handles the higher level communications protocols. The SF/GXAM enables BittWare^^s customers to meet their increased bandwidth needs while also maintaining a small board footprint, and low power consumption. "The SF/GXAM will give BittWare^^s customers unprecedented flexibility when implementing serial communications in their AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA systems," stated Ron Huizen, VP of Technology for BittWare. "Customers can run copper or fiber, 10 m or 10 km - whatever they need to suit their particular application - all on a small form-factor with direct access to a high-density FPGA."