Features

• Non-PCI Single-Chip Ethernet Controller
• A Subset of Motorola 6800 Bus Interface Support
• Fully Supports Full Duplex Switched Ethernet
• Supports Enhanced Transmit Queue Management
• 6K Bytes of On-Chip RAM
• Supports IEEE 802.3 (ANSI 8802-3) Ethernet Standards
• Automatic Detection of TX/RX Polarity Reversal
• Enhanced Power Management Features
• Supports "Magic Packet" Power Management Technology
• Hardware Memory Management Unit
• Optional Configuration via Serial EEPROM Interface (Jumperless)
• Supports Single +5V or +3.3V (for Revisions E and Later) VCC Design
• Supports Mixed Voltage External PHY Designs
• Low Power CMOS Design
• 100 Pin QFP and TQFP (1.0mm Body Thickness) Lead-Free RoHS Compliant Packages
• Pin Compatible with the LAN91C92 and LAN91C94

Bus Interface

• Direct Interface to Local Bus, PCMCIA, and 68000 Buses with No Wait States
• Flexible Bus Interface
• 16 Bit Data and Control Paths
• Fast Access Time
• Pipelined Data Path
• Handles Block Word Transfers for Any Alignment
• High Performance Chained ("Back-to-Back") Transmit and Receive
• Pin Compatible with the LAN91C92 (in Local Bus Mode) and the LAN91C94 in Both Local Bus and PCMCIA Modes
• Dynamic Memory Allocation Between Transmit and Receive
• Flat Memory Structure for Low CPU Overhead
• Buffered Architecture, Insensitive to Bus Latencies (No Overruns/Underruns)
• Supports Boot PROM for Diskless Local Bus Applications

Network Interface

• Integrated 10BASE-T Transceiver Functions:
  • Driver and Receiver
  • Link Integrity Test
  • Receive Polarity Detection and Correction
• Integrated AUI Interface
• 10 Mb/s Manchester Encoding/Decoding and Clock Recovery
• Automatic Retransmission, Bad Packet Rejection, and Transmit Padding
• External and Internal Loopback Modes
• Four Direct Driven LED Outputs for Status/Diagnostics

Software Drivers

• LAN9000 Drivers for Major Network Operating Systems Utilizing Local Bus or PCMCIA Interface
• Software Drivers Compatible with the LAN91C92, LAN91C94, LAN91C100FD (100 Mb/s), and LAN91C110 (100 Mb/s) Controllers in Local Bus Mode
• Software Drivers Utilize Full Capability of 32 Bit Microprocessor