Vendor: Lattice Semiconductor Corp. Category: Ethernet

10Gb+ Ethernet MAC

The 10Gb+ Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) transmits and receives data between a host processor and an Ethernet network.

Overview

The 10Gb+ Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) transmits and receives data between a host processor and an Ethernet network. The main function of the 10Gb+ Ethernet MAC is to ensure that the Media Access rules specified in the IEEE802.3ae standard are met while transmitting a frame of data over Ethernet. On the receive side, the Ethernet MAC extracts the different components of a frame and transfers them to higher applications through a FIFO interface.

Key features

  • Compliant to IEEE 802.3-2005 standard, successfully passed University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) 10GbE MAC hardware tests
  • Supports standard 10Gbps Ethernet link layer data rate
  • Supports rates up to 12Gbps by over-clocking
  • 64-bit wide internal data path operating at 156.25MHz to 187.5MHz
  • XGMII interface to the PHY layer (using IODDR external to the core)
  • XAUI interface to the PHY layer (using PCS/SERDES external to the core)
  • Simple FIFO interface with user's application
  • Optional Multicast address filtering
  • Transmit and receive statistics vector
  • Optional statistics counters of length from 16 to 40 bits for all devices (statistic counters are external to the core)
  • Programmable Inter Frame Gap
  • Supports:
    • Full duplex operation
    • Flow control using PAUSE frames
    • VLAN tagged frames
    • Automatic padding of short frames
    • Optional FCS generation during transmission
    • Optional FCS stripping during reception
    • Jumbo frames up to 16k
    • Inter frame Stretch Mode during transmission
    • Deficit Idle Count

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Specifications

Identity

Part Number
ETHER-10G
Vendor
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.
Type
Silicon IP

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