Deliver reliable, flexible 200G/lane connectivity across dense backplane interconnects for GPU scale-up fabrics
Back-End Scale-Up
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Challenges:
- Complex backplane topologies with challenging channel requirements make it difficult to close the link budget at 200G/lane between accelerators and scale-up switches
- Thick PCBs used in AI server backplanes introduce manufacturability constraints, limiting package size, routing, and via design rules
- Proprietary footprints lock architecture and vendor decisions early in the design process, forcing costly board redesigns when requirements change between retimers and redrivers
Solution: Taurus Smart Signal Conditioners
- 3.2T bi-directional 16-lane 200G PAM4 Smart Retimer and Smart Redriver purpose-built for dense backplane applications, with a package optimized for common backplane connector column pitch and thick PCBs
- Pin-to-pin compatibility with the OCP Signal Conditioner Standard Footprint enables teams to Smart Swap: switch between lower-power Smart Redrivers and higher-reach Smart Retimers without board redesign
- Unified COSMOS software stack provides consistent configuration, monitoring, and debugging across all on-board deployments, with retimer-class telemetry and diagnostics for Smart Redrivers