General Description

The VSC880 is a 16x16 serial crosspoint switch with serial data rates at 2.125Gb/s. The VSC880 has been designed to operate with the VSC870 backplane transceiver to establish a synchronous high performance switching system with an aggregate bandwidth of 32Gb/s. The switch chip transmits the master word clock (62.5Mb/s), and master cell clock (if used) to all port cards through the serial data channels. The transceivers automatically perform bit alignment, word alignment and cell alignment to the switch chip.

Features

• 16x16 Synchronous Serial Crosspoint Switch

• Serial Data Rates: 2.0Gb/s

• 32Gb/s Aggregate Data Bandwidth

• Parallel Switches Can Increase Data Bandwidth in

Multiples of 32Gb/s

• Designed in Conjunction with the VSC870

Backplane Transceiver

• Automatic Word and Cell Synchronization to the

Transceiver

• Two Modes of Operation: Distributed Control

Self-routing Packet Mode and Central Control

Cell Mode

• Multicast Supported in All Modes

• Supports Variable Length Packets in Packet

Mode

• Built-in Flow Control Channel in Packet Mode

• Supports Cell Synchronization in Cell Mode

• Parallel CPU Interface and Parallel Switch

Configuration Interface

• Loopback, Built-in Self Test and Scan Functions

• 5V Tolerant TTL Inputs

• Dual 3.3V/2.5V or Dual 3.3V/2.0V Power

Supplies

• Serial Port Quadrants Can be Powered Down

• Available in 304 BGA Package