Description
PRELIMINARY Am79C973/Am79C975 PCnet™-FAST III Single-Chip 10/100 Mbps PCI Ethernet Controller with Integrated PHY DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS s Singl.
The Am79C973 and Am79C975 controllers are singlechip 32-bit full- duplex, 10/100-Megabit per second (Mbps) fully integrated PCI-to-Wire Fast Ethernet.
Features
* offered with the Am79C973 controller. The Serial Management Interface is based on the industry standard Inter-IC (I2C) and System Management Bus (SMBus) specifications and enables a system to communicate with another network station for remote monitoring and alerting of local system management param
Applications
* The third generation Am79C973 and Am79C975 Fast Ethernet controllers also have several enhancements ove r th e i r pr e de c e s s o r s, t h e A m 7 9C 9 7 1 a n d Am79C972 devices. Besides integrating the complete 10/100 Physical Layer (PHY) interface, they further reduce system implementation co