SerDes

SerDes is short for Serializer/Deserializer. Imagine you have a really long string of letters and numbers, but you want to send it over a really long wire. The wire is so long that the string won't fit all at once! What you can do is split the long string into smaller chunks and then send those chunks one at a time.

The Serializer is like a machine that takes those smaller chunks and puts them together into one big chunk. It's like putting puzzles pieces together to make one big puzzle. Once the Serializer has made the big chunk, it sends it over the long wire.

The Deserializer is like a machine at the other end of the long wire. This machine takes the big chunk and breaks it up into the smaller chunks, just like you would take a puzzle apart. Once the Deserializer has the smaller chunks, it can put them back together to make the original long string.

SerDes is used a lot in computers and electronics to help transfer big chunks of data over long distances. It's like a big puzzle that gets taken apart and put back together so that you can send your important information far away.