82596DX Datasheet, PDF (1/77 Pages) Intel Corporation – HIGH-PERFORMANCE 32-BIT LOCAL AREA NETWORK COPROCESSOR

82596DX AND 82596SX
HIGH-PERFORMANCE 32-BIT LOCAL
AREA NETWORK COPROCESSOR
Y Performs Complete CSMA CD Medium
Access Control (MAC) Functions
Independently of CPU
IEEE 802 3 (EOC) Frame Delimiting
Y Supports Industry Standard LANs
IEEE TYPE 10BASE-T (TPE)
IEEE TYPE 10BASE5 (Ethernet )
IEEE TYPE 10BASE2 (Cheapernet)
IEEE TYPE 1BASE5 (StarLAN)
and the Proposed Standard
TYPE 10BASE-F
Proprietary CSMA CD Networks Up
to 20 Mb s
Y On-Chip Memory Management
Automatic Buffer Chaining
Buffer Reclamation after Receipt of
Bad Frames Optional Save Bad
Frames
32-Bit Segmented or Linear (Flat)
Memory Addressing Formats
Y 82586 Software Compatible
Y Optimized CPU Interface
82596DX Bus Interface Optimized to
Intel’s 32-Bit i386^TMDX
82596SX Bus Interface Optimized to
Intel’s 16-Bit i386^TMSX
Supports Big Endian and Little
Endian Byte Ordering
Y High-Performance 16- 32-Bit Bus
Master Interface
66-MB s Bus Bandwidth
33-MHz Clock Two Clocks Per
Transfer
Bus Throttle Timers
Transfers Data at 100% of Serial
Bandwidth
128-Byte Receive FIFO 64-Byte
Transmit FIFO
Y Network Management and Diagnostics
Monitor Mode
32-Bit Statistical Counters
Y Self-Test Diagnostics
Y Configurable Initialization Root for Data
Structures
Y High-Speed 5-V CHMOS IV
Technology
Y 132-Pin Plastic Quad Flat Pack (PQFP)
and PGA Package
(See Packaging Specifications Order Number 240800-001
Package Type KU and A)
i386^TM is a trademark of Intel Corporation
Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation
CHMOS is a patented process of Intel Corporation
Figure 1 82596DX SX Block Diagram
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COPYRIGHT INTEL CORPORATION 1996
November 1995
Order Number 290219-006