GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The VSC8244 is the industry’s smallest, lowest power quad port Gigabit Ethernet transceiver for low-cost RGMII and RTBI switch and router applications. In 1000BASE-T mode, the VSC8244’s power consumption is 30 lower than the next best competitor. The device’s compact 19mm x 19mm BGA package is ideal for high-density switch applications. Vitesse’s mixed signal and DSP architecture yields robust performance,

FEATURES:

Lowest Power Consumption in the Industry at Less Than 640m W/port (1000BASE-T mode)

Patented, Low EMI Line Driver with Integrated Line Side Termination Resistors

Supports RGMII v1.3 (2.5V & 3.3V) & v2.0 (1.5V HSTL), 1.8V (SSTL Compatible)

User-programmable RGMII Timing Compensation

Compliant with IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) Specifications

>10kB Jumbo Frame Support with Programmable Synchronization FIFOs

Five Direct Drive LEDs with On-chip Filtering Interface Option

Serial LED Interface Option

Three User Configuration Options: 1) Optional Serial EEPROM, 2) Hardware Configuration Pins, or 3) Serial Management Interface (SMI)

Full Suite of BIST, MAC, and Far-end Loopback Modes

VeriPHY™ Link Cable Diagnostics Software Suite

Automatic Detection and Correction of Cable Pair Swaps, Pair Skew and Pair Polarity, Along with HP Auto MDI/MDI-X Crossover Function

Manufactured in Advanced 0.13µm, 3.3V/1.2V Digital CMOS Process

APPLICATIONS:

High Density 10/100/100BASE-T LAN & MAN Switches and Routers

Workgroup LAN Switches and Routers

PICMG 2.16 and 3.0 Backplane Applications

Gigabit Ethernet-based SAN, NAS, and MAN Systems

High Performance Workstations and Multi-port Server NICs