Keysight Expands Active and Passive 1.6T Copper Interconnect Validation for Scale — Out Data Centers
For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below: Keysight Expands Active and Passive 1.6T Copper Interconnect Validation for Scale-Out Data Centers Validating digital-layer error performance is the next step for high-speed interconnects after completing optical and electrical layer compliance testing Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced the Functional Interconnect Test Solutions (FITS)-16CH digital-layer error performance validation system, expanding Keysight’s FITS portfolio for optical, active copper, and passive copper interconnects. With 16 transmit and 16 receive channels, FITS-16CH has twice the channel density of FITS-8CH, and is designed to validate complete interconnect assemblies across research and development, product design, manufacturing, and pre- and post-production AI and network infrastructure deployments. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: With 16 transmit and 16 receive channels, Keysight’s FITS-16CH enables digital-layer error performance validation of 1.6T optical and copper interconnects. As interconnect speeds increase, testing only the physical-layer does not provide a
6T Copper Interconnect Validation for Scale-Out Data Centers Validating digital-layer error performance is the next step for high-speed interconnects after completing optical and electrical layer compliance testing Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced the Functional Interconnect Test Solutions (FITS)-16CH digital-layer error performance validation system, expanding Keysight’s FITS portfolio for optical, active copper, and passive copper interconnects.
With 16 transmit and 16 receive channels, FITS-16CH has twice the channel density of FITS-8CH, and is designed to validate complete interconnect assemblies across research and development, product design, manufacturing, and pre- and post-production AI and network infrastructure deployments. This press release features multimedia. 6T optical and copper interconnects. As interconnect speeds increase, testing only the physical-layer does not provide a complete view of system-level error performance.
FITS-16CH combines bit error ratio (BER) and forward error correction (FEC) measurements at the digital layer to evaluate how complete interconnect assemblies perform under real-world conditions. 6T technologies. FITS-16CH supports validation across a broad range of optical and electrical interconnects. These include full-retimed optics (FRO), active optical cables (AOCs), linear-retimed optics (LRO), linear pluggable optics (LPO), active copper cables (ACCs), active electrical cables (AECs), passive direct attach cables (DACs), and high-speed copper flyover cables used in networking and high-performance computing equipment.
The platform also supports development and manufacturing workflows for silicon chips, networking equipment, and interconnect products, as well as performance benchmarking for data center operators. Key capabilities include: Higher channel density for complete-assembly validation: With 16 transmit and 16 receive channels, FITS-16CH is designed to test fully assembled interconnects using two Module Compliance Boards (MCBs) with independent channel groups and MCB controls, enabling teams to validate interconnect performance on more lanes simultaneously, ensuring a high degree of system-level qualification.
Broad interconnect support and insertion-loss capability: A large insertion-loss budget supports signals across lossy channels and customer fixtures, enabling validation of a broad range of optical and copper interconnects, including active copper and high-speed copper flyover cables. Automated lane tuning: The FITS Windows 11 graphical user interface integrates FITS-16CH with the Keysight DCA-X to automatically calculate optimal transmit finite impulse response (FIR) tap settings and open the electrical eye. The automated process can reduce tuning time to a few minutes compared with manual tuning that can take hours, days, or even weeks.
Flexible integration and automation: FITS-16CH can integrate as a transmitter or receiver with Keysight data communications analyzers (DCAs), high-performance bit error ratio testers (BERTs), and UXR real-time oscilloscopes. csv report generation. The solution reduces validation complexity by using the common FITS software framework, providing a familiar environment across the FITS portfolio. 6T make it essential to evaluate active electrical cable performance at the system level, not in isolation for each link.
” Ram Periakaruppan, Vice President and General Manager, Network Test & Security Solutions, Keysight, said: "As interconnect speeds increase, manufacturers need to validate more lanes simultaneously on many types of interconnects without adding unnecessary complexity to their labs. " Resources Product Page: FITS-16CH Data Sheet: FITS-16CH About Keysight Technologies Keysight (NYSE: KEYS) serves technology innovators as a mission-critical design enablement partner for the world’s most complex engineering challenges.
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