Microchip | KSZ8993ML

Micrel Inc., is a leading manufacturer of IC solutions for the worldwide analog, Ethernet and high bandwidth markets. The Company's products include high performance analog, power, advanced mixed-signal and radio frequency semiconductors; high-speed communication, clock management, Ethernet switch and physical layer transceiver integrated circuits. These products address a wide range of rapidly growing end markets including cellular handsets, portable and enterprise computing, enterprise and home networking, wide area and metropolitan area networks and industrial equipment.

Micrel acquired Kendin Communications in June of 2001. The Ethernet product line has continued to evolve and grow with the market. Micrel's Controllers are known for robust performance, interoperability and low power

The KSZ8993M family is a highly integrated Layer 2 managed switch designed for low-port count, cost-sensitive 10/100Mbps switch systems. It offers an extensive feature set that includes tag/port-based VLAN, QoS priority, switch management, MIB counters, MII/SMI interface, and CPU control/data interfaces to effectively address both current and emerging Fast Ethernet applications.

The KSZ8993M contains two 10/100 transceivers with patented mixed-signal low-power technology, three media access control (MAC) units, a high-speed non-blocking switch fabric, a dedicated address look-up engine, and an on-chip frame buffer memory.

Both PHY ports support 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX with Auto-MDIX for reliable detection of and correction for straight-through and crossover cables. In addition, one PHY port supports 100BASE-FX for managed media converter applications.