GigE Vision over NBASE T. Meeting New Bandwidth and Cost Demands in High Performance Imaging Applications

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1 GigE Vision over NBASE T Meeting New Bandwidth and Cost Demands in High Performance Imaging Applications

2 Popularity of GigE Vision 70.0% 60.0% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% Unit Sales Revenue 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% Source: AIA 2013 Machine Vision Camera Study 2 Copyright 2016 Pleora Technologies Inc.

3 Popularity of GigE Vision Nearly every modern computing platform has a Gigabit Ethernet port: Built in frame grabber Costs driven down by use of GigE in consumer and IT markets : Cisco, Intel, Apple, Marvell, Broadcom, etc. Good fit for a variety of formats: VGA, NTSC/PAL, thermal, 720p/60, 1080p/25, anything used by USB 2.0 Distributed processing capabilities for advanced systems Standard scales to 100 Mbps, 10 GigE, Copyright 2016 Pleora Technologies Inc..

4 Challenges for GigE Vision Sensor data rates are becoming faster 1080p/60 (color), 4 tap sensors, faster frame rates, greater pixel depths 10 GigE adoption has been limited to very high end systems Expensive cabling infrastructure (SFP+ modules for fiber) Cat 6A for copper Power and heat concerns Majority of demand for data rates above 1 Gbps is for rates below 5 Gbps Which transport technologies can be used for these data rates? 4 Copyright 2016 Pleora Technologies Inc.

5 Faster than GigE Wired Ethernet Broadcom introduces 2.5 Gbps Ethernet links in 2007 Need Broadcom PHYs at both ends of the cable No industry support for this no products developed using that PHY MGBASE T Consortium of companies led by Broadcom, Alcatel, and others Missing some of the biggest networking players in the business 5 Copyright 2016 Pleora Technologies Inc.

6 NBASE T Introduction Next generation copper Ethernet, bridging the gap between 1000BASE T & 10GBASE T Other NBASE T Alliance members include Cisco, Intel, Freescale/NXP, Xilinx, Altera, Marvell, Broadcom, Vitesse Born out of need to put ac onto enterprise networks No need to pull new cables throughout the facility A low cost, seamless upgrade which leverages the 70 billion meters of CAT5e / CAT6 cabling that have been sold from 2003 to m of cabling for every man, woman, and child on Earth! Inexpensive, long distance, flexible, can field terminate 6 Copyright 2016 Pleora Technologies Inc.

7 NBASE T In the Vision Industry A logical, cost effective technology choice for GigE Vision users who require greater data throughput and performance capabilities Cat5e compatible up to 100m Interoperable with existing GigE Vision software An option for system upgrades Replace the endpoints without having to worry about running new cabling Don t worry about the software either! 7 Copyright 2016 Pleora Technologies Inc.

8 NBASE T Ecosystem Standardized under IEEE802.3bz (ratified in September) Successful plugfests held in August NICs available (sub $300) Switches available from Netgear, Cisco, and Aruba (HP) PHY, cabling, magnetics, connector, test equipment companies are also among the almost 50 in the alliance Available PHYs can negotiate 5, 2.5, 1 Gbps (and lower) We saw the very first 2.5/5.0 GE port shipments begin to ramp at the end of June, and expect volumes to begin rising significantly in the third quarter of this year as multiple product lines begin to ramp. The benefit of increased throughput without replacing cable is creating an entirely new Ethernet market to serve. This benefit could push port counts over 1 million in only a year. Chris DePuy, Dell Oro Group 8 Copyright 2016 Pleora Technologies Inc.

9 NBASE T Software Implications Utilizes proven application layer standards GigE Vision and GenICam Pleora s ebus SDK used for demonstration ebus Player, drivers, API, libraries unchanged Native OS support for network stack Proven, open field troubleshooting and optimization tools Google, StackExchange, StackOverflow, etc. Wireshark Ping, ipconfig, etc. Jumbo frames, receive buffers, etc. 9 Copyright 2016 Pleora Technologies Inc..

10 Ethernet Roadmap Source: content/uploads/2015/05/introduction to NGEA_FINAL.pdf 10 Copyright 2016 Pleora Technologies Inc.

11 Ethernet Roadmap Source: to NGEA_FINAL.pdf 11 Copyright 2016 Pleora Technologies Inc.

12 Conclusion Adoption of 1 Gbps data rate has been strong and shows no sign of decreasing But wide demand for sensors exceeding 1 Gbps is the new reality Best way to handle these speeds is through continued adoption of technologies born in the IT and consumer markets Leverage economy of scale Larger markets solve technical and distribution challenges New speeds on Ethernet roadmap require no changes to the GigE Vision specification 2.5 and 5 Gbps will be rapidly adopted by the market 12 Copyright 2016 Pleora Technologies Inc.

13 Come Visit Us At Stand F31 John Phillips Senior Manager, Product Management