Data Center Applications
Silicon Labs offers a comprehensive portfolio of clocks and oscillators for data center applications. Silicon Labs’ PCIe zero delay buffers meet PCIe Gen 1/2/3 specifications and feature low-power output driver technology that minimizes power consumption while simplifying PCB design. Silicon Labs’ clock generators are highly frequency flexible, generating any combination of frequencies from any input frequency with unparalleled performance and enabling “clock-tree-on-a-chip” BOM consolidation. Silicon Labs also offers ultra-low jitter programmable oscillators customizable to any frequency, with samples available in less than two weeks.
Recommended Devices
| Product Family | Jitter | Output Format | Example Applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| Si5338/35/34 Any-Frequency Clock Generators | 1 ps | Differential, Single-Ended | NIC cards, NAS, SSD, co-processors |
| Si5xx XO/VCXOs | 0.3 ps | Differential, Single-Ended | NIC cards, NAS, SSD, co-processors |
| Si5341/40 Any-Frequency, Low-Jitter Clock Generators | 0.13 ps | Differential, Single-Ended | 10/40/100GbE enterprise, data center switches |
| Si531xx PCIe Zero Delay Clock Buffers | PCIe Gen 1/2/3 | Differential | Intel, ARM servers, microservers, storage |
| Si5214x PCIe Clock Generators | PCIe Gen 1/2/3 | Differential | NIC cards, NAS, SSD, co-processors |