MU9C8338 Datasheet, PDF (1/28 Pages) MUSIC Semiconductors – 10/ 100Mb Ethernet Filter Interface

Data Sheet
MU9C8338 10/100Mb Ethernet Filter Interface
APPLICATION BENEFITS
• 10/100Mb Ethernet wire speed switching and
bridging for remote access and wireless networks
• Glueless connection to MUSIC LANCAM and most
10/100Mb Ethernet chip sets
• Offloads all DA/SA processing and management
functions from host processor
• Support station lists from 256 up to 32K
• Full support of Unicast, Multicast, and Broadcast
frames
• Built-in generic Processor port
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
• Industry-standard 10/100Mb MII port
• Supports station list up to 32K addresses
• Port ID and MAC Frame Reject signal based on DA
search results
• Read search results from the Result port or CPU port
• Hardware support for Tag switching
• Optional automatic learning of new SAs
• Optional automatic Aging and Purging
• 144–pin LQFP packages
• 3.3 Volt operation with 5 Volt tolerant I/O
10/100
PHY
10/100
MAC
MUSIC
MU9C8338
MII
REJECT
FR_ERR
TAG
MII and
TAG Port
Processor
Interface
Packet
Parser
Controller
Result
Port
LANCAM
Interface
Registers
Processor
ASIC
MUSIC
LANCAM
Figure 1: System Application Diagram
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Registered trademarks of MUSIC Semiconductors. MUSIC and Epoch are a trademarks of
MUSIC Semiconductors.
March 27, 2001 Rev. 1a