Hitachi Server chooses Mindspeed for PCI Express signal conditioning

NEWPORT BEACH, USA: Mindspeed Technologies Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, announced that Hitachi Ltd, a leading global electronics company, has selected Mindspeed’s M21452 to help manage signal integrity in its BladeSymphony 2000 line of servers.

"Mindspeed is committed to providing signal integrity management solutions to market leading system developers," said Kurt Busch, senior vice president and general manager of Mindspeed's high-performance analog business unit. "Hitachi’s server has built a reputation as a trend setter in high-performance computer solutions. We are extremely proud to be associated with a company of such high caliber."

“Mindspeed provides us with high-performance devices along with excellent applications and signal integrity modeling support,” stated Masahiko Tagami, general manager of Server Development in Hitachi Enterprise Server Division. “We are very pleased to be working with a vendor that is fully committed to their customers’ success.”

The M21452 a is low-power, 8 x 8 redriving crosspoint switch that minimizes jitter using a combination of advanced equalizing receivers and drivers with de-emphasis. These features enable the development of multi-gigabit channels across the most demanding backplanes. The device is packaged in a 10 x 10 mm QFN and can run off of a single 1.2V supply.