Events

Microsemi, the leading provider of semiconductor IC and system solutions for the communications, industrial IoT, and home automation markets, invites you to meet with our product experts. Learn more about our leading-edge audio processing, Power over Ethernet (PoE), Enterprise/Industrial Ethernet, clock generation and clock distribution, and other solutions that help secure a connected world!

During the week of Computex 2018, Microsemi will be hosting a suite at the Grand Hyatt Taipei to demonstrate and showcase the following solutions.
 

Timberwolf™ Audio Processing Platform for the Communications Market

• Experience audio clarity with leading-edge audio processing technologies
  • Automatic speech recognition with Amazon AVS development kit
  • Beamforming
  • Sound location
  • Sound classification
  • Noise reduction
  • USB audio
  • Two-way audio
• Complete solution demos will be available, including:
  • Automatic speech recognition demo
    • Alexa development kit
    • Voice-enabled smart speaker
    • Voice-enabled set top box
    • Voice-controlled smart light switch
  • IP camera with sound location, beam forming, and sound classification
  • USB headset with noise cancelling boom microphone

Clock Generation and Clock Distribution for the Enterprise, Data Center, and Communications Markets

• Clock synthesis, frequency conversion, jitter attenuation, and fanout buffers
  • Custom configuration clock generators and fanout buffers meet application-specific requirements and are compliant with PCIe Gen 4 specifications and PCIe Gen 5 jitter specifications
• Multiple independent frequency devices and low jitter (160 fs) output clocks provide spec-compliant timing for high-performance systems and multi-gigabit high-speed interfaces
• Ultra-low additive jitter fanout buffers (25 fs) with output pin control and highly programmable outputs
• Frequencies ideal for microprocessors, ASICs, FPGAs, and PCIe Gen 1–4 with spread-spectrum and HCSL low-jitter outputs
• Reduce bill of material costs and board space requirements, improve performance reliability, and simplify design complexity

Ethernet Switches and PHYs for Enterprise, Industrial, and Carrier Markets

• Enterprise-grade turnkey software demo based on Linux OS

• Layer 3 dynamic routing pre-integrated suite of protocols with multiple management interfaces
• Live time sensitive networking (TSN) platform demonstration showcasing:
• Zero-loss protection with TSN seamless redundancy
• gPTP—highly accurate IEEE 802.1AS synchronization
• IEEE 802.1Qbv—time-aware shaping
• Hybrid GE and 2.5GE cost-optimized switching solutions
• Live demo based on Microsemi’s turnkey software SDK

Microsemi Switchtec PAX PCIe Advanced Fabric Switches

Microsemi's Switchtec PAX family is comprised of switches from 96 lanes to 24 lanes, providing:

• High-performance PCIe fabric connectivity overcoming the limitations of the PCIe specification for multi-host systems
• Multi-host sharing of SR-IOV NVMe SSDs, GPUs, and other PCIe endpoints
• Virtualization of host PCIe domains and SR-IOV endpoints
• Software development kit (SDK) for virtualization of SR-IOV endpoints and for enclosure management
• One of the industry's most flexible port bifurcations (from x2 to x16 lanes per port)
• High port density (up to 48 ports)
• Advanced error reporting
• Error containment for surprise-plug and unplug to prevent system crashes
• Advanced diagnostics and debug features to identify, diagnose, and fix problems
• Separate Refclk independent SSC (SRIS) for cabled PCIe and lower-cost system designs

SmartRAID Adapter with Controller-based Encryption

• Industry’s only data-at-rest controller-based encryption solution based on Microsemi’s SmartROC 3100
• Supporting 12 Gbps SAS and 6 Gpbs SATA SSDs and HDDs
• Fully integrated zero maintenance cache protection (ZMCP) with onboard supercap
• Industry's lowest power 8-port low profile 12 Gbps RAID adapter solution
• Unified Smart Storage Stack with common firmware, drivers, and management tools across HBA and SmartRAID
• Management tools backwards compatible with previous generation Microsemi HBA and RAID adapters

Award-winning PolarFire FPGAs: Lowest Power, Cost Optimized, Mid-Range Densities

• Exceptional security and reliability for mission-critical applications and extreme operating conditions
• Realtime edge inference for industrial, energy, medical, smart cities, retail, and many other emerging applications
• Highly optimized, low power, and secure solutions for the Smart Edge
• Live demo of real-time object detection using Tiny YOLOv2