High Speed SERDES Technology Enables High Frame Rates, Potentially

EETimes: With the emergence of 112 Gbps per lane SERDES technology and wide adoption of 56 Gbps per lane, the 12.8 Tbps single-chip switches from different companies have reached the market. This enables a data infrastructure for high frame rate and high resolution imaging systems. For instance, an 8K video with 16b per pixel can transferred at more than 24,000 fps speed through this data pipe. Now, once the data transfer technology is ready and the wafer stacking technology is mature, we could design image sensors supporting this speed and find an application for them. Or, may be, find the application first.