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MU9C8338A 10/100Mb Ethernet Filter Interface
APPLICATION BENEFITS
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10/100Mb Ethernet wire speed switching and
bridging for remote access and wireless networks
Glueless connection to MUSIC LANCAM and most
10/100Mb Ethernet chip sets
Offloads all DA/SA processing and management
functions from host processor
Supports station lists from 256 up to 32K addresses
Full support of Unicast, Multicast, and Broadcast
frames
Built-in generic processor port
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
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Industry-standard 10/100Mb MII port
Supports station list up to 32K addresses
Port ID and MAC Frame Reject signal based on DA
search results
Read search results from the Result port or CPU port
Hardware support for Tag switching
Optional automatic learning of new SAs
Optional automatic Aging and Purging
144–pin LQFP packages
3.3 Volt operation with 5 Volt tolerant I/O
10/100
PHY
MII
REJECT
FR_ERR
TAG
MUSIC
MU9C8338A
Processor
Interface
Processor
10/100
MAC
MII and
TAG Port
Packet
Parser
Controller
Result
Port
ASIC
LANCAM
Interface
Registers
MUSIC
LANCAM
Figure 1: System Application Diagram
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May 1, 2001 Rev. 0a
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