The FIN7216-01 is a quad channel 8-bit encoding/decoding serializer/deserializer integrated circuit. These transceivers are designed for flexible transfer and recovery of serialized data for use in Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet and other applications that require reliable high speed data transfers. The chip operates as an interface between busses, backplanes, or other high bandwidth systems and subsystems. This IC provides full rate operation for maximum data transfer per channel of 1088Mb/s (8 bits at 136MHz) as well as half rate operation for a minimum transfer of 392Mb/s (8 bits at 49 MHz). The chip consists of a X20/X10 clock generator, four 8b/10b encoders, serializers/deserializers, clock/data recovery units, decoders, and elastic buffers. It can also be used as a quad 10-bit transceiver.