MOST: Speeding Up

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 19:33:28 +0200

“For future in-car infotainment systems, high-speed communications networks such as MOST150 are necessary. However, with increasing information data, even higher data rates in the gigabit per second range might become of interest.
Alpine, together with Stuttgart University, presented an investigation and simulation of high-speed gigabit transmission for POF-based MOST networks. Several solutions for meeting this challenge are possible, proving that gigabit per second transmission over plastic optical fiber (POF) can be achieved.
In addition, the new working group 412.7.1 inside the DKE (Deutsche Kommission Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik) as well as KDPOF presented proposals to reach a data rate of 1 Gbit/s or more. Yazaki introduced small MOST optical connectors that can be used for high speed solutions over 150 Mbit/s in the future.”
To read the complete article, go here.

MOST: The Way Ahead

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 19:19:03 +0200

“The development of new functions and features, speed grades and physical layers has always been driven by the MOST Cooperation, collecting the real market requirements of a broad community. Concerning the absolute speed grade for the future, technically, the range of 1 to 5 Gbit/s has been investigated already.
But the important questions are: What does the automotive market really need? And, even more essential, what is the overall system cost, including an automotive-grade network interface controller, physical medium and connector system? Some boundary conditions are clear already: the bit-rate will be beyond 1 Gbit/s, both the optical and electrical physical layer will be available, and of course, MOST will stay a synchronous network providing a payload efficiency of nearly 100 percent, with the ability to seamlessly transport IP packet data.”
To read the complete article, go here.

20th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers

Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:08:55 +0200

The Spanish company KDPOF will present the first Gigabit POF transceiver during the next 20th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers POF2011, at Bilbao (Spain) from 14th to 16th of September.
The KD-PHY1000 is the first silicon compliant with the future Gigabit POF Standard. This standard has been developed by a team of leading European companies and research centers under the coordination of the VDE/DKE WG 412.7.1.
The KD-PHY1000 is a fully integrated transceiver optimized for low power and small footprint. The chip is based on the leading edge digital communication technology developed by KDPOF. KDPOF´s technology incorporates the most advanced techniques in spectrally efficient coded modulations, adaptive non-linear equalization and adaptive bit-rate, never used before in optical fiber communications. KDPOF´s technology is able to reach a performance very close to the maximum theoretical limit (Shannon limit), increasing the bit-rate over any large core optical fiber as SI-POF, MC-POF or PCS.
KDPOF will show a real-time prototype based on FPGA, fully compatible with the Gigabit POF Standard. Furthermore, KDPOF will give a presentation on the technical details of the future standard as well as the features of the new product that will be commercially available during 2012.
Visit our booth at POF2011.

KDPOF in MOST Forum 2011 Webinar

Fri, 13 May 2011 12:10:59 +0200

KDPOF presented the Gigabit technology developed for the automotive industry in the last MOST Forum 2011 at 5th April.
Now, you are able to download both the paper and presentation, as well as to see the speech about KDPOF automotive technology here.

Searching for exceptional and talented people

Sun, 6 Mar 2011 19:14:38 +0100

KDPOF is currently looking for exceptional and talented people for several positions within the company.
Candidates should have proven previous experience in the field of digital and mixed-signal microelectronics and have the ability to work well in a team and dynamic environment.
You can see the job positions here. If any of them is attractive for you, please send us your CV to careers@kdpof.com.