Advanced Micro Devices Am79C961
Single-Chip Ethernet Controller
PRELIMINARY Am79C961 PCnetTM-ISA+ Jumperless Single-Chip Ethernet Controller for ISA Advanced Micro Devices DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS s Single-chip Ethernet controller for the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) and Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) buses s Supports IEEE 802.3/ANSI 8802-3 and Ethernet standards s Direct interface to the ISA or EISA bus s Software compatible with AMD’s Am7990 LANCE register and descriptor architecture s Low power, CMOS design with sleep mode allows reduced power consumption for critical battery powered applications s Individual 136-byte transmit and 128-byte receive FIFOs provide packet buffering for increased system latency, and support the following features: — Automatic retransmission with no FIFO reload — Automatic receive stripping and transmit padding (individually programmable) — Automatic runt packet rejection — Automatic deletion of received collision frames s Dynamic transmit FCS generation programmable on a frame-