SmartDV’s Ethernet 400G PCS IP is an FPGA-proven, fully featured Physical Coding Sublayer solution purpose-built for SoC designs requiring the highest available Ethernet bandwidth across AI accelerator, hyperscale data center, and high-performance networking applications. Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3-2022 Clause 119, it delivers complete 400GBASE-R, 400GBASE-KR4, 400GBASE-KR8, and 400GBASE-KR16 PCS functionality with 64b/66b encoding and decoding across the full PCS to PMA service interface for backplane, copper, and optical configurations.
Designed to address the demanding signal integrity and error correction requirements of modern hyperscale AI and data center interconnects, the IP implements complete block synchronization, alignment marker insertion and removal, PCS lane deskew and reordering, gearbox functionality for various data widths, per-lane BIP-8 insertion and checking for bit error rate monitoring, and RS-FEC per IEEE 802.3-2022 Clause 91 using the RS(544,514) code with dedicated error correction and detection capability across the full 400G lane structure. Its loopback functionality, receiver link fault status detection, and IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet support give hyperscale AI SoC teams a production-tested, spec-complete 400G PCS implementation for the most demanding data center fabric designs.
Built for design flexibility and silicon efficiency, the IP core is highly configurable for both ASIC and FPGA implementations, with a strong focus on area optimization, power management, and peak performance. Its parameterized PMA interface architecture and clean host interface enable fast integration across a wide range of data center process nodes.
