Specifications

About StarFabric Connectivity
24 Aurora Technologies
StarFabric Switching
Aurora Technologies is developing a StarFabric switching platform that provides
high-speed serial switching within a switched fabric interconnect.
The Aurora switch is cascadable for large-scale topologies requiring high band-
width and high availability. This switch provides six serial links (two RJ-45 con-
nectors per link) with speeds up to 5.0 Gbps each to provide high-speed
connectivity for StarFabric bridges or gateways.
Powered by the SG1010 chipset, the switch supports up to 30 Gbps of aggregated,
non-blocking, full-duplex switching capacity through the six serial links, as shown
in Figure 16.
FIGURE 16. Conceptual View of SG1010 StarFabric Switch Functionality
Each link provides between 2.5 Gbps to 5.0 Gbps bandwidth in both directions
simultaneously. Links are made up of four aggregated 622 Mbps LVDS differential
pairs that traverse distances up to five meters (15 feet). Two 2.5 Gbps full-duplex
links bundled together create a 5.0 Gbps full-duplex link to another device.