Enabling the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure with Ethernet for Scale-Up Networking (ESUN)
Learn how ESUN enhances Ethernet for lossless, predictable AI scale-up networking—cutting overhead, reducing tail latency, and improving efficiency.
Vendor:
Missing Link Electronics
Category:
Ethernet
Low Latency Ethernet 10G/25G MAC
The German Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute (HHI) partners with MLE to commmercialize and market HHI’s proven network technolo…
Overview
The German Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute (HHI) partners with MLE to commmercialize and market HHI’s proven network technology solutions. The Low Latency Media Access Controller (MAC) IP Core for 10G/25G Ethernet enables high-bandwidth, low latency Ethernet communication solutions for FPGA-based systems at 10 Gbps or 25 Gbps line rate.
MLE is a licensee of Fraunhofer HHI, and offers a range of technology services, sublicenses and business models compatible with customer’s ASIC or FPGA project settings, world-wide.
Key features
- Platform and device vendor independent core
- Supports 10G or 25G Ethernet
- Low Latency, 19.2ns at 64-Bit at 156.25MHz
- AXI4-Stream protocol support on client transmit and receive interface
- Low resource usage
- Deficit Idle Count mechanism to ensure full data rate
- Padding of short frames (<64 byte)
- Support for VLAN tagged frames
- Promiscuous mode support
- Generation and checking of CRC-32 at full line rate
- Optional user defined maximum frame length up to 64 kb or complete disabling of frame length check
- Customization through configuration vector to trade resources for functionality
Block Diagram
Low Latency Ethernet 10G/25G MAC block diagram
Specifications
Identity
Part Number
Low Latency Ethernet 10G/25G MAC
Vendor
Missing Link Electronics
Type
Silicon IP
Files
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Provider
HQ:
USA
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Low Latency Ethernet 10G/25G MAC is a Ethernet IP core from Missing Link Electronics listed on Semi IP Hub.
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