10/100 Mbps PCI Ethernet Controller
Am79C972
PCnet™-FAST+ Enhanced 10/100 Mbps PCI Ethernet Controller with OnNow Support
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
n Inte...
Description
Am79C972
PCnet™-FAST+ Enhanced 10/100 Mbps PCI Ethernet Controller with OnNow Support
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
n Integrated Fast Ethernet controller for the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus
— 32-bit glueless PCI host interface — Supports PCI clock frequency from DC to 33 MHz independent of network clock — Supports network operation with PCI clock from 15 MHz to 33 MHz — High performance bus mastering architecture with integrated Direct Memory Access (DMA) Buffer Management Unit for low CPU and bus utilization — PCI specification revision 2.1 compliant — Supports PCI Subsystem/Subvendor ID/ Vendor ID programming through the EEPROM interface — Supports both PCI 3.3-V and 5.0-V signaling environments — Plug and Play compatible — Supports an unlimited PCI burst length — Big endian and little endian byte alignments supported — Implements optional PCI power management event (PME) pin
n Supports PC97, PC98, and Net PC requirements
— Implements full OnNow features including pattern matching and link status wake-up — Implements Magic Packet mode — Magic Packet mode and the physical address loaded from EEPROM at power up without requiring PCI clock — Supports PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification Version 1.0 — Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) Specification Version 1.0 — Supports Network Device Class Power Management Specification Version 1.0
n Large independent internal TX and RX FIFOs
— Programmable FIFO watermarks for both transmit...
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