Media-independent interface

OpenCAPI Consortium™ Releases Additional Specifications and Leverages IBM’s Open Memory Interface (OMI) Reference Designs

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

PISCATAWAY, N.J., Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The OpenCAPI Consortiumannounced today the release of two additional specifications including the OpenCAPI Data Link Layer (DL) Architecture and the 32Gbps PHY Signaling specifications.

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  • PISCATAWAY, N.J., Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The OpenCAPI Consortiumannounced today the release of two additional specifications including the OpenCAPI Data Link Layer (DL) Architecture and the 32Gbps PHY Signaling specifications.
  • Following this 32Gbps PHY Signaling specification release will be the 32Gbps PHY Mechanical specification.
  • In addition, the Consortium was the recipient of IBMs Open Memory Interface (OMI) open source RTL reference designs.
  • These reference designs in addition to others are located on GitHub6.7.

Single-pair Ethernet PHY Offers the Industry’s Leading Ultra-low TC10-compliant Sleep Current and is Functional Safety Ready

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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP), a leader in automotive Ethernet, today announced the LAN8770, an OPEN Alliance TC10 sleep standard Ethernet physical layer transceiver (PHY) with the industrys lowest sleep currentless than 15 Awhich is around four times lower than other available devices.

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  • Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP), a leader in automotive Ethernet, today announced the LAN8770, an OPEN Alliance TC10 sleep standard Ethernet physical layer transceiver (PHY) with the industrys lowest sleep currentless than 15 Awhich is around four times lower than other available devices.
  • The small package is ideal for space-constrained applications such as the infotainment head unit, telematics modules or Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
  • In addition, the LAN8770 is Microchip Functional Safety Ready; it is specifically designed to simplify customers end-product ISO26262 safety certification with the support of specialized hardware safety features, Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA) and safety manual.
  • The LAN8770M and LAN8770R support communication with an Ethernet MAC via standard MII/RMII and MII/RMII/RGMII interfaces, respectively.

Microchip Announces Industry’s First Space-Qualified COTS-Based Radiation-Tolerant Ethernet Transceiver and Embedded Microcontroller

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

In addition to Microchips new VSC8541RT radiation-tolerant Ethernet transceiver sampling , the company received final qualification for the new SAM3X8ERT radiation-tolerant microcontroller , its latest Arm Cortex-M3 core processor and embedded Ethernet controller.

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  • In addition to Microchips new VSC8541RT radiation-tolerant Ethernet transceiver sampling , the company received final qualification for the new SAM3X8ERT radiation-tolerant microcontroller , its latest Arm Cortex-M3 core processor and embedded Ethernet controller.
  • They share the same pin-out distribution, allowing designers to begin implementation with COTS devices before moving to space-grade components.
  • The VSC8541RT transceiver is a single-port Gigabit Ethernet copper PHY with GMII, RGMII, MII and RMII interfaces.
  • Note: The Microchip name and logo, the Microchip logo and MPLAB are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries.

TI simplifies space-constrained automotive application designs with robust, reliable 100BASE-T1 Ethernet PHY

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

As the first 100BASE-T1 device to support SGMII, the DP83TC811S-Q1 Ethernet PHY improves design flexibility by enabling connections to multiple switches and interfaces.

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  • As the first 100BASE-T1 device to support SGMII, the DP83TC811S-Q1 Ethernet PHY improves design flexibility by enabling connections to multiple switches and interfaces.
  • The DP83TC811S-Q1 supports the full range of media independent interfaces (MII), which enables designers to implement Ethernet connectivity with various media access controllers (MACs) and processors such as TI's Jacinto automotive processors.
  • The DP83TC811S-Q1 has a latency as low as 140 ns, allowing latency-critical systems like automotive ADAS to respond and communicate more quickly.
  • Engineers can also jump-start their system design with the Automotive Stand-Alone Gateway Reference Design and the Cost-Effective In-Vehicle Infotainment System Reference Design .