Description

Electronic Component Model AX88180LF is a high-performance and cost-effective Fast Ethernet Controller chip offered by ASIX ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, suitable for use in PCI add-in adapters, PC motherboards, or bridge/hub applications as it supports both 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet function based on IEEE802.3 LAN standard. Further, the model is equipped with a high-speed 32-bit PCI Bus master interface to host CPU, on-chip general-purpose programmable register and I/O pins, unlimited PCI burst, and powerful on-chip buffer management DMA which reduces CPU utilization.

Specifications and features

• Product Category: IC Chips
• Single chip PCI bus Fast Ethernet Controller
• Direct interface to PCI bus
• Support 10Mbps and 100Mbps data rate
• Full or Half-duplex operation supported for both 10Mbps and 100Mbps
• Provides a MII port for both 10/100Mbps operation
• On-chip PCS support for 100BASE-TX symbol mode operation
• On-chip external 10Mbps ENDEC Interface
• Support 21MHz to 33MHz no wait state PCI Bus Interface
• Two large Independent FIFO for transmit and receive. No additional On-board buffer memory required.
• Interface to serial ROM for Ethernet ID address and jumper-less board design.
• 256KB boot ROM support
• Unlimited PCI burst.
• External and internal loop-back capability
• Support early interrupts on transmit
• Big and little endian byte ordering supported
• IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-T, TX, and T4 Compatible
• 160 pin or 144 pin PQFP package
• 5V CMOS process

Application Scenarios

The AX88180LF is suitable for use in PCI add-in adapters, PC motherboards, or bridge/hub applications.

Comparison

• Cost-effective and high-performance solution for PCI add-in adapters, PC motherboards, or bridge/hub applications.
• Implements both 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet function based on IEEE802.3 LAN standard.
• Equipped with a high-speed 32-bit PCI Bus master interface to host CPU.
• Supports full or half-duplex operation for both 10Mbps and 100Mbps.
• Provides a MII port for both 10/100Mbps operation.
• Supports IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-T, TX, and T4 Compatible.

• Not suitable for high-end use cases that require high data speeds above 100Mbps.
• Requires a 5V CMOS process and a 160-pin or 144-pin PQFP package, which may limit compatibility with certain systems.