Spectra7 Microsystems Inc. announced that Foxconn Interconnect Technology Inc. (Foxconn) will support next generation 800Gbps Active Copper Cable (ACC) interconnects using Spectra7's new GC1122 solution. The GC1122 is the latest addition to the GaugeChanger product line and extends the data rate from 56Gbps to 112Gbps per lane. Since the GC1122 is analog and highly linear, dynamics such as line rate adjustment, multi-level signaling, intermittent line silence, transmit pre-emphasis or amplitude adjustment and receiver adaptivity are fully preserved.

GaugeChanger is an innovative and disruptive technology that allows copper to extend much longer lengths without the cost and power penalty of optics. It works equally well at 25Gbps NRZ, 50Gbps PAM-4 and 100Gbps PAM-4 enabling new connector standards of 100, 200, 400 and 800Gbps.