ASIX Electronics Corp., a leading fabless semiconductor maker of embedded networking solutions, today announced the release of the AX88782 and AX88613 - the latest members of its embedded Ethernet controller family, which are available in a 10x10mm small footprint, 80-pin LQFP package. These 2-port Ethernet devices can be configured as a fully managed, Layer-2 switch with the third port being connected to any host processor. Using the AX88782 with a generic 8/16-bit microcontroller or the AX88613 with a MII microcontroller, designers can provide 2-port Ethernet connectivity, typically one for a LAN port and one for a WAN port, to effectively address both current and emerging networked devices in home consumer electronics.

The AX88782/AX88613 are single-chip 2-port 10/100M Ethernet Switch controllers featuring a 3-port switching fabric with QoS priority management, three 10/100M MACs, two 10/100M PHYs, and 8/16-bit Non-PCI (AX88782) or MII (AX88613) host interface. The AX88782 supports checksum offload engine and burst-mode access making it easy to provide a high performance 2-port Ethernet connectivity solution for any embedded MCU. The built-in switching fabric in the AX88782/AX88613 supports non-blocking wire-speed forwarding and offers an advanced switch feature set that includes tag/port-based VLAN, spanning tree, rate control, port security, port mirroring, IGMP snooping, MIB counters and four priority queues for QoS functions including Port-Based, 802.1p VLAN, IPv4 TOS and IPv6 COS to prioritize voice, video, audio and data traffic delivery.

The AX88782/AX88613 have integrated a voltage regulator and provide support for programmable I/O voltage options of 3.3V/2.5V/1.8V to enable a highly optimized system design. As semiconductor designs migrate to advanced process geometries like 90nm, 65nm, 45nm and beyond, many of today's higher performance ASICs, SoCs and FPGAs require lower I/O voltages.

The AX88782/AX88613 combine the benefits of high integration and small form factor making them ideal single-chip solutions for designing high performance, QoS-aware and cost effective 2-port Ethernet functions for embedded system applications such as VoIP phone/ATA adapters, surveillance IP cameras, next-generation IP-STB/IPTV, industrial controller/network sensors, port redundancy/port monitoring and Single Board Computers (SBC).

To help customers evaluate and develop applications with the AX88782/AX88613, ASIX provides comprehensive technical support including hardware and software application notes, user guides, schematics, PCB layout guides, and drivers for Windows/Linux/WinCE operating systems.

ASIX's AX88782 and AX88613 are both available in 80-pin LQFP (10x10mm) packages and both chips are offered in RoHS compliant versions. Samples and volume production are available now.

For more information on the AX88782 and AX88613, please contact ASIX Electronics Corp. via e-mail: sales@asix.com.tw, or visit our website: www.asix.com.tw.