82596CA

82596CA 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 Supports Industry Standard LANs IEEE TYPE 10BASE-T IEEE TYPE 10BASE5 (Ethernet ) IEEE TYPE 10BASE2 (Cheapernet) IEEE TYPE 1BASE5 (StarLAN) and the Proposed Standard 10BASE-F Proprietary CSMA CD Networks Up to 20 Mb s 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 Network Management and Diagnostics Monitor Mode 32-Bit Statistical Counters 82586 Software Compatible Self-Test Diagnostics Y Y Optimized CPU Interface Optimized Bus Interface to Intel’s i486 TM DX i486 TM SX i487 TM SX and 80960CA Processors 33 MHz 25 MHz 20 MHz and 16 MHz Clock Frequencies Supports Big Endian and Little Endian Byte Ordering 32-Bit Bus Master Interface 106 MB s Bus Bandwidth Burst Bus Transfers Bus Throttle Timers Transfers Data at 100% of Serial Bandwidth 128-Byte Receive FIFO 64-Byte Transmit FIFO Configurable Initialization Root for Data Structures High-Speed 5V CHMOS Technology IV Y Y Y Y Y Y 132-Pin Plastic Quad Flat Pack (PQFP) and PGA Package (See Packaging Spec Order No 240800-001 Package Type KU and A) Y Y i486 is a trademark of Intel Corporation Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation CHMOS is a patented process of Intel Corporation 290218 – 1 ...