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BCM5396
Single-Chip 16-Port SerDes Gigabit Switch
The BCM5396 is a 16-port Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) • 16-port 10/100/1000 Mbps integrated switch
switch integrated with 16 1.25G SerDes/SGMII port
controller via 1.25G SerDes/SGMII/fiber
interfaces for connecting to external Gigabit PHYs or • Embedded 256 KB on-chip packet buffer
fiber modules. The BCM5396 provides the lowest- • One 10/100/1000 Mbps In-band Management Port
power and cost GbE functionality to the desktop
(IMP) with GMII/RGMII/RvMII/MII interface for
switching solution or WebSmart application.