AM79C970 Datasheet - Advanced Micro Devices

AM79C970 PCnetTM-PCI Single-Chip Ethernet Controller for PCI Local Bus

The PCnet-PCI single-chip 32-bit Ethernet controller is a highly integrated Ethernet system solution designed to address high-performance system application requirements. It is a flexible bus-mastering device that can be used in any application, including network-ready PCs, printers, fax modems, and.

PRELIMINARY Am79C970 PCnetTM-PCI Single-Chip Ethernet Controller for PCI Local Bus DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS s Single-chip Ethernet controller for the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) local bus s Supports ISO 8802-3 (IEEE/ANSI 802.3) and Ethernet Standards s Direct interface to the PCI local bus s Compliant to PCI local bus specification (Revision 2.0) s Software compatible with AMD’s Am7990 LANCE, Am79C90 C-LANCE, Am79C960 PCnet-ISA, Am79C961 PCnet-ISA+, Am79C965 PCnet-32, and Am79C90.

AM79C970 Features

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* Automatic retransmission with no FIFO reload

* Automatic receive stripping and transmit padding (individually programmable)

* Automatic runt packet rejection

* Automatic deletion of received collision frames Look-Ah

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