AM79C961 - PCnetTM-ISA+ Jumperless Single-Chip Ethernet Controller for ISA
AMD 2008/10/24 09:49The PCnet-ISA+ controller, a single-chip Ethernet controller, is a highly integrated system solution for the,PC-AT Industry Standard Architecture (ISA ) architecture. It is designed to provide flexibility and compatibility with any existing PC application. This highly integrated
132-pin VLSI device is specifically designed to reduce parts count and cost, and addresses applications where higher system throughput is desired. The PCnet-ISA+ controller is fabricated with AMD’s advanced low-power CMOS process to provide low standby current for power sensitive applications.
The PCnet-ISA+ controller is a DMA-based device with a dual architecture that can be configured in two different operating modes to suit a particular PC application. In the Bus Master Mode all transfers are performed using the integrated DMA controller. This configuration enhances system performance by allowing the PCnet-ISA+ controller to bypass the platform DMA controller and directly address the full 24-bit memory space. The implementation of Bus Master Mode allows minimum parts count for the majority of PC applications. The PCnet-ISA+ controller can be configured to perform Shared Memory operations for compatibility with lowend
machines, such as PC/XTs that do not support Bus Master and high-end machines that require local packet buffering for increased system latency.
The PCnet-ISA+ controller is designed to directly interface with the ISA or EISA system bus. It contains an ISA Plug and Play bus interface unit, DMA Buffer Management Unit, 802.3 Media Access Control function, individual 136-byte transmit and 128-byte receive FIFOs, IEEE 802.3 defined Attachment Unit Interface (AUI), and a Twisted Pair Transceiver Media Attachment Unit. The PCnet-ISA+ controller is also register compatible with the LANCE (Am7990) Ethernet controller and PCnet-ISA. The DMA Buffer Management Unit supports the LANCE descriptor software model. External remote boot and Ethernet physical address PROMs and Electrically Erasable Proms are also supported.
This advanced Ethernet controller has the built-in capability of automatically selecting either the AUI port or the Twisted Pair transceiver. Only one interface is active at any one time. The individual 136-byte transmit and 128-byte receive FIFOs optimize system overhead, providing sufficient latency during packet transmission and reception, and minimizing intervention during normal network error recovery. The integrated Manchester encoder/decoder eliminates the need for an external Serial Interface Adapter (SIA) in the node system. If support for an external encoding/decoding scheme is desired, the embedded General Purpose Serial Interface (GPSI)
allows direct access to/from the MAC. In addition, the device provides programmable on-chip LED drivers for transmit, receive, collision, receive polarity, link integrity and activity, or jabber status. The PCnet-ISA+ controller also provides an External Address Detection Interfaceä (EADIä) to allow external hardware address filtering in internetworking applications.
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