Credo now offers the Osprey line of Media Access Control Security (MACsec) devices for 400G and 800G design applications. The Osprey PHYs enable a 40% savings in power savings compared with competing devices while supporting IEEE 802.1AE MACsec and Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) standards for 10G through 400G port data center interconnects, the company asserts.
The Osprey PHYs integrate 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher technology to protect high-speed data links between servers, switches, and routers. The devices are Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP) certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
“There is a higher attach rate of MACsec with 400-Gbps products compared to 100 Gbps. We expect with the data center rapidly moving towards 100G per lambda and 112-Gbps SerDes that MACsec will play a pivotal and significant role in the 400-Gbps and 800-Gbps markets,” commented Alan Weckel, founder and technology analyst at 650 Group, via a Credo press release. “The need to minimize power consumption without sacrificing performance is as great as the need for encryption as data centers scale up.”
‘’Credo is extending our established MACsec leadership with the lowest-power MACsec solutions in the industry – the new Osprey 400 and Osprey 800. Osprey devices consume 40% less power than competing devices with the same throughput,” added Scott Feller, vice president, marketing at Credo, in the same press announcement. “The ability to deliver solutions that enable 400G-800G secure connectivity, within the defined power envelope, is the reason hyperscale cloud data centers worldwide have selected Credo MACsec solutions.”
Credo says the Osprey MACsec PHYs are in production.
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