"AMCC's EDC and 10GbE PHY technology provided key elements in achieving outstanding 10GBase-LRM results in interoperability testing with Gennum's ROSA," said Gary Beauchamp, senior vice-president and general manager, Optical Products, Gennum Corp. "Gennum's GN3052 ROSA provides automatic gain control (AGC) functionality specifically designed for emerging applications utilizing EDC such as 10GBase-LRM."

AMCC's QT2025 is a fully integrated 10-Gbit/sec transceiver with fully adaptive EDC. It provides a high-performance interface between a MAC or a switch device and optical modules. The QT2025 is also capable of interfacing directly to SFP+ direct attach copper cabling and to 10GBase-KR backplanes.

According to Neal Neslusan, director of marketing at AMCC, "The demonstration of interoperability provides a clear indication that 10-Gbit/sec datacom traffic can be successfully transmitted over greater distances to meet the highly demanding 10GBase-LRM specification. It is yet another milestone for deploying 10G in the market."