The Broadcom® BCM56740+ family is a high-performance
480/640 Gbps network fabric with 18 integrated
WarpCores. Each WarpCore has four integrated 10G
SerDeses for native support of HiGig+™ and HiGig2™ at
speeds of 10G, 12G, 13G, 15G, 16G, 20G, 21G, 25G, 30G,
and 40G to support a wide range of configurations.
The BCM56740+ is a purpose-built fabric chip designed to
address performance and service requirements for data
center and Metro Ethernet markets. The BCM56740+
architecture is optimized for maximum density with
minimum power and board footprint and maintains
software compatibility across the StrataXGS® product
family to simplify customer designs and reduce customer
time-to-market.
As interfaces migrate from 1 GbE to 10 GbE and
virtualization continues to increase link utilization, the
demand for high-performance scalable chassis-based
solutions will continue to grow.
To obtain maximum scalability while minimizing
oversubscription, the BCM56740 has integrated 10G
SerDes with flexible port configuration options. With the
BCM56740 fabric device, customers can build costeffective,
high-performance, multichip chassis supporting
over 5 Tbps of aggregate bandwidth. The features,
integration, and low cost of the BCM56740 set a new
standard in switch fabric design, and enable system
vendors to build scalable and cost-effective next
generation switching systems
