GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The MU9C8338A, when configured with the MUSIC Semiconductors MU9Cx480B family of LANCAMs provides a high performance, large capacity Ethernet address processing subsystem for use in Ethernet bridge, switch, or remote access products. The device is designed to work in single-port system supporting a 100Mb/s Ethernet port at wire speed.

DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS

? 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

APPLICATION BENEFITS

? 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