Technologies and design considerations are presented for the design of very high bandwidth oscilloscopes. These include chip, DSP and microwave technologies employed in some of the fastest waveform digitizers in the world.

The oscilloscope has been a primary tool for electronic design engineers since the invention of that instrument, many years ago. The first decades of oscilloscopes were “analog” in nature.

Smart Network Interface Cards (SmartNICs) are increasingly being deployed in large datacenters to off-load networking services from the Server CPUs. This enables better scalability and security for organizations running large datacenters. In contrast to traditional NICs, SmartNICs offer programmable packet processing, storage, and networking functionality. Furthermore, SmartNICs are designed to monitor key network performance parameters like latency, speed, throughput, and packet loss. SmartNIC interface speeds are typically 100Gbps and above.  A Chinese high-tech startup focused on cloud datacenter ASIC product development is developing network interconnect ASICs for SmartNICs used in large scale datacenters and cloud computing. The company uses Teledyne LeCroy Xena’s E100q Chimera network emulator to verify the performance of their new ASIC.

Discover how VTI Instruments is supporting STEM programs with cutting-edge measurement technology that delivers unmatched accuracy in strain, temperature, and voltage data.

Networking devices supporting 800Gbps Ethernet are now being developed, with some industry analysts predicting the next tech cycle of 1.6Tbps (Terabits per second) could arrive as early as 2024. But the devil's in the details - and there are a lot of details. Xena's new White Paper examines the technical options and challenges of bringing terabit Ethernet to life. Learn how faster electrical lane speeds, new modulation schemes and the need for better Forward Error Correction (FEC) mechanisms are playing a key role, as well as why you'll need to test changes to the Ethernet physical layer and transceiver form factors.