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ANYGATE IN A STORM

by Tom Cantrell

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Look out, itıs a perfect storm of data dead ahead! Not as if anyone could ignore the tidal wave coming over the bow threatening to drown us like rats in a raging sea of ones and zeros.

"Aye matey, muster all the bandwidth ye can and bail fer yer life!"

LITTLE LIFEBOAT

Fortunately thereıs help on the horizonıthe Micrel SY55851U, better known as AnyGate (see Photo 1). Itıs no luxury liner, but anything that floats is handy when the water starts rising.

Photo 1ıCall the AnyGate from Micrel the "Mini Me" of logic.

AnyGate doesnıt do much, but thanks to bipolar process and differential signaling (ECL- and LVDS-compatible), it does it really fast. Weıre talking a maximum of 350-ps propagation delay and 100-ps rise/fall time (i.e., just the ticket for your next gigahertz gig).

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