Support PCIe Gen 5/6 with CDFP

The data centers are carrying a significant amount of the workload, stressing existing infrastructures and accelerating the need for upgrades. These drive the development of disaggregated and composable architectures that leverage pooled resources of compute, memory, storage and hardware acceleration. Our CDFP technology enables a x16 link width within a single port and will be scalable to support x8 and x4 channels. As the industry upgrades from PCIe Gen 5 to PCIe Gen 6, the connector footprint migrates from press-fit to surface mount technology (SMT). We also offer the passive copper cable which is typically used for current hyperscale / cloud applications.

Key Benefits

CDFP Interconnects for PCIe Gen 5/6

Standard and multi-source form factor recognized by multiple organizations

  • Selected as external PCIe cabling form factor for PCIe Gen 5 and 6 by PCI-SIG (Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group)
  • Defined in SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association) under SFF-TA-1032 specification
  • Form factor adopted in robust ecosystem by hyperscale cloud providers and OEMs

 

Specifically tuned for PCIe

  • Form factors supporting x16, x8, and x4 high speed lane counts
  • 85Ω nominal impedance
  • Offers the necessary sideband signals

 

Wide ranging portfolio supporting application flexibility

  • Supports PCIe gen 4, 5 and 6
  • Supports passive copper, active copper, and optical cabling solutions
  • Allows for press fit (PCIe Gen 5) and SMT (PCIe Gen 6) PCB connectors
  • Panel mount CDFP cable receptacle to enable over-the-board internal cabled connections
  • Fits onto standard device form factors (PCIe Add-In-Card, OCP NIC TSFF, SFF-TA-1034, etc.)
  • Flexibility in cable AWG to optimize signal integrity channel performance and mechanical cable routing 

x16 - 120 Positions

x8 - 68 Positions

x4 - 44 Positions

x16 - 120 Positions

x8 - 68 Positions

x4 - 44 Positions

Target Applications

CDFP Interconnects for PCIe Gen 5/6
  • Pooled memory – JBOM (Just-a-Bunch-of-Memory)
  • Clustering GPUs and AI accelerators and connecting to them to CPU head nodes– JBOG (Just-a-Bunch-of-GPUs)
  • Storage arrays – JBOD (Just-a-Bunch-of-Disks) and JBOF (Just-a-Bunch-of-Flash)
  • CXL switching and fabrics
  • Disaggregated Network Interface Cards (NICs) – JBON (Just-a-Bunch-of-NICs)

Key Benefits and Features:

CDFP Interconnects support 400 Gbps
  • Transfers data at speeds up to 28 Gbps per lane, supporting current and next generation Ethernet and PCIe networking protocols
  • 16 lanes of bi-directional data communication in one port and one cable assembly
  • Pre-assembled, one-piece press-fit connector and cage design offers one-step placement on the board
  • Double cable exit allows for increased assembly routing flexibility
  • Choose the thermal management and interface options best suited for your application
  • Custom copper cable assemblies available
  1. CDFP Connector & Cage Assembly: 400 Gbps Pluggable I/O (English)

To help meet today’s growing demand for pluggable I/O solutions ’s to deliver greater bandwidth and space efficiency, TE Connectivity introduces the CDFP connector & cage assembly, a 400 Gigabit per second Pluggable I/O for high speed applications such as data centers, high performance computing, as well as storage and networking equipment.

One of the Highest Port and Bandwidth Densities
  • With 11 CDFP ports, a 1U switch can deliver 4.4 Terabits per second of bandwidth or more.
  • 16 x 25 Gbps electrical interface = 400 Gbps per port
  • 0.75mm pitch, 120 contacts, dual row paddle card interface
Supporting Current and Next Generation Designs
  • Fully compliant with the multi-source agreement (MSA), which specifies a 400 Gbps module, connector and cage that integrate 16 TX/RX channels.
  • MSA specifies CDFP connectors and cage assembly which support active optical cables, optical transceivers and copper cables.
  • The low power (8-10W) and very low power (4-5W) form factors defined use a common interface.
  • CDFP modules for data center interconnects support five-meter direct attach cables, 100-meter multimode fiber, 500-meter parallel single-mode fiber, and two kilometers of duplex, single-mode fiber.
  • TE provides CDFP Style 2 30AWG cable with 7.9mm OD for up to 2.0M cable reach
Style 1
Style 1 supports direct attach copper and includes an EMI gasket.
Style 2
Style 2 supports direct attach copper and active optical modules and includes EMI springs.
Style 2 Cable Assembly
Style 2 Cable Assembly
CDFP Style 1 & 2 Cages on representative PCIe card
CDFP Style 1 & 2 Cages on representative PCIe card

Applications

for High-Speed CDFP
  • Routers
  • High Performance Computing
  • Storage
  • Controller Cads & Servers
  • NIC Cards & GPUs
     
Data Centers
Data Centers
Storage
Storage
Switches and Routers
Switches and Routers
Networking
Networking
Throughput Comparison