HERZELIA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tehuti Networks, a fabless semiconductor company focused on enabling mass adoption of multi-Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), today announced the industry’s first NBASE-T adapter reference design capable of reaching 2.5 and 5 Gigabits per second over 100m of legacy Cat 5e cabling. Designed to support high-volume enterprise wireless local-area network (WLAN) OEM systems requiring multi-Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, such as 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless access points, the Tehuti NBASE-T adapter reference design offers a low-power, small form factor and low-cost solution enabling pervasive NBASE-T connectivity. NBASE-T technology boosts the speed of broadly deployed twisted pair copper cabling up to 100 meters in length well beyond the designed limits of 1 Gbps.
Enterprise WLAN access point infrastructure is being upgraded en masse to accommodate the rapid growth of ever more powerful mobile devices. Specifically, 802.11ac Wave 2 provides nearly 20 times the bandwidth compared to 802.11n, with an aggregated throughput of up to 5Gbit/s. A key challenge in enterprises taking advantage of the latest WLAN infrastructure is that such systems are connected to backbone wired networks using 1Gbps Ethernet copper cable links which reduces the performance five-fold compared to the available bandwidth. Deployment of Tehuti NBASE-T adapters in 802.11ac Wave 2 Access Points allow increase in network speeds over existing Cat 5e/Cat 6 cables to up to 5 Gbps at lengths up to 100m.
The Tehuti NBASE-T reference design hosts the latest Tehuti TN4010 controller, an optimized 10GbE controller designed for low-power, low-cost, single-port applications. The TN4010 MAC is paired with the Aquantia AQR105 transceiver, a single-port, low-power, high-performance NBASE-T PHY. The Tehuti adapter reference design supports auto-negotiation allowing the NBASET solution to optimally select the best speed: 100 Megabit Ethernet (100MbE), 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5GbE), 5 Gigabit Ethernet (5GbE) and 10GBase-T over Cat 5e/Cat 6 or better cabling.
“Industry analysts forecast massive upgrade of enterprise WLAN infrastructure driven by the explosive growth in smart phones, tablets, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) access and 4k HD video,” said Nir Sever, COO, Tehuti Networks. “The Tehuti NBASE-T adapter reference design leverages the TN4010 controller which is uniquely positioned for this market as the only true single port 10GbE MAC available today to enable the upgrade of wired network infrastructure required to propel the adoption of these technologies.”
“We are pleased that Tehuti Networks has chosen the Aquantia AQR105 NBASE-T PHY for their NBASE-T adapter reference design, as it enables seamless migration of existing Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) networking, ubiquitously available in wireless infrastructure, to 2.5 and 5 Gbps speeds – providing a boost in performance at very low power and cost levels and without requiring cabling upgrades,” said Kamal Dalmia, Sr. VP, Sales & Marketing, Aquantia, Corp.
Availability
The NBASE-T adapter reference design is already in use by Tier-1 OEMs and is available now for evaluation by OEMs and ODMs. Copy-ready NIC reference design kit including full schematic, layout and bill-of-materials is available to qualified customers. Device drivers are available for Windows®, Linux, VMware®, and OS X®.
About Tehuti Networks, Inc.
Tehuti Networks Ltd. is a fabless semiconductor company focused on cost effective 10Gb Ethernet Network Traffic Accelerators, which enable volume adoption of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE). Tehuti Networks’ 10GbE controllers feature high performance coupled with low power, small footprint and an attractive cost. Operating in a partial offload mode (Stateless), Tehuti Networks’ solutions improve performance while simplifying integration and enabling faster time to market. Visit the company at www.tehutinetworks.net.