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Vendor:
Beyond Semiconductor
Category:
Ethernet
MAC 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller
The Beyond MAC (Medium Access Control) 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller consists of a synthesizable Verilog RTL core that provides…
Overview
The Beyond MAC (Medium Access Control) 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller consists of a synthesizable Verilog RTL core that provides all features necessary to implement the Layer 2 protocol of the Ethernet standard. It is designed to run according to the IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.3-2002 specifications that define the 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps Ethernet standards, respectively. An external PHY is needed for the complete Ethernet solution.
Key features
- IEEE 802.3-2002 specification with preamble, start-of-frame delimiter (SFD), frame padding generation and cyclic redundancy code (CRC) generation and checking is fully implemented
- Supports 10/100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps operation (selectable via a core configuration registers)
- Supports full- and half-duplex operation (selectable via a core configuration registers)
- CSMA/CD protocol for half-duplex operation
- Supports frame-extension in 1000 Mbps half-duplex mode
- IEEE 802.3x flow-control for full-duplex operation
- Variety of flexible address filtering modes
- Detection of too long or too short packets (configurable length limits)
- Supports transmission and reception of packets that are bigger than standard packets (up to 16-Kbyte)
- Complete status for TX/RX packets
- IEEE 802.3-2002 Media Independent Interface (MII) and Gigabit Media Independent Interface (GMII)
- MDIO Master interface for PHY device configuration and management
- WISHBONE SoC Interconnection Rev. B3 compliant interface
- Internal RAM for holding 128 TX/RX buffer descriptors
- Interrupt generation on all events
Block Diagram
MAC 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller block diagram
Applications
- Internet, networking and telecom
What’s Included?
- Soft core RTL in Verilog
- Test bench in Verilog
- Engineering support
Specifications
Identity
Part Number
MAC 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller
Vendor
Beyond Semiconductor
Type
Silicon IP
Files
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Provider
HQ:
Slovenia
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What is MAC 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller?
MAC 10/100/1000 Ethernet Controller is a Ethernet IP core from Beyond Semiconductor listed on Semi IP Hub.
How should engineers evaluate this Ethernet?
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