Products & Technology

Inphi’s Core Competencies

Inphi is recognized for its advanced analog circuit design, signal integrity, power management, packaging and process technologies. Drawing on these core competencies, Inphi has developed a diverse portfolio of high-speed analog semiconductor solutions that address multiple markets.

High-speed analog products for networking and communications applications

To help meet the burgeoning demands for broadband network traffic, Inphi develops broadband analog semiconductors that are designed into routing, switching and optical transport networking equipment, providing critical connections between the optical and electrical systems. With their ultra-broadband capabilities and high signal integrity, Inphi’s high-speed analog components enable telecommunications carriers to significantly increase their network capacity.

Inphi’s high-speed analog products include transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs), modulator drivers, retimers, clock fanouts and frequency dividers for 40G/100G networks. Inphi is a leader in high-sensitivity TIAs used in network receivers and in large-output modulator drivers used in transmitters. 

Memory interface products for computing and storage applications 

Inphi’s enterprise memory interface components address the critical CPU/memory bottleneck in data center servers and high-performance computing systems. Inphi’s ExacTik® memory interface components enable data centers and cloud computing applications to operate at higher speeds, with greater memory capacity and better power efficiency, thereby providing more cost-effective and energy-efficient operations.

Inphi’s ExacTik products include PLLs, registers, buffers, motherboard buffers and silicon clocks. The company is a performance leader for high-volume DDR2 and DDR3 components, as well as the leader in next-generation load-reduced DIMMs. 

Test & measurement, military and aerospace products 

With its leading-edge analog design, Inphi’s products for test and measurement enable the development of next-generation testers for emerging or new applications, such as 100G Ethernet and 100G Coherent Detection. In military markets, Inphi’s products enable lower-cost and lower-power front ends.

For these markets, Inphi’s products include 10G and 50G logic gates retimers, fanout buffers, MUX, DEMUX and latched comparators.

Commercial Firsts

Inphi’s innovative approaches have resulted in the company’s products being first to market in a number of key areas, including:

• First DDR3 1600 memory component
• First 25 GHz IC in plastic
• First 43 Gbps modulator driver
• First 43 Gbps TIA IC
• First 50 Gbps MUX IC

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