I don’t have deep expertise in SerDes, as it goes too deep into intricate details of networking devices. I think you know that as its name suggests, SerDes, or Serializer/Deserializer, is used to convert data between serial and parallel formats. The serial format helps reduce signal interference between channels, supports long-distance transmission, and minimizes the number of I/O pins needed (simplifying the network structure). SerDes is commonly used in networking devices like switches (as well as optical modules and NICs). Key switch technology providers, incl. Broadcom, Marvell, Macom, Intel, and Nvidia (through Mellanox), offer this technology.
This is an excellent primer, thanks for putting it together. It would be great, if you can also shed some light on the confusing SerDes, its providers, and maybe how it fits into these photonics providers' products.
I don’t have deep expertise in SerDes, as it goes too deep into intricate details of networking devices. I think you know that as its name suggests, SerDes, or Serializer/Deserializer, is used to convert data between serial and parallel formats. The serial format helps reduce signal interference between channels, supports long-distance transmission, and minimizes the number of I/O pins needed (simplifying the network structure). SerDes is commonly used in networking devices like switches (as well as optical modules and NICs). Key switch technology providers, incl. Broadcom, Marvell, Macom, Intel, and Nvidia (through Mellanox), offer this technology.
This is an excellent primer, thanks for putting it together. It would be great, if you can also shed some light on the confusing SerDes, its providers, and maybe how it fits into these photonics providers' products.