Tri Speed Modes Ethernet MAC Cores - for Nextreme ASICs

eASIC Corporation and MoreThanIP GmbH are going to release a Tri-Mode Ethernet MAC core for eASIC's 90nm Nextreme Structured ASIC Family. The Tri-Mode Ethernet MAC core will enable developer to build Ethernet applications operating at 10Mbps, 100Mbps or 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet). The core is available in VHDL, Verilog or netlist formats.

Francois Balay, MoreThanIP GmbH, said:

…unique performance/power/cost capabilities provided by eASIC's Nextreme Structured ASICs will enable us to expand the reach of our Ethernet solutions…

MoreThanIP, founded in 2000, is an expert in design and IP for high-speed communications, serial backplane and embedded system technologies. This includes design, specification and implementation of standard products, system architectures and customer-specific solutions.

Jasbinder Bhoot, eASIC Corporation.

…Tri-Mode Ethernet MACs are becoming increasingly popular as the industry moves towards digital processing of triple play applications. This Ethernet solution in combination with Nextreme will provide FPGA designers a compelling alternative to rapidly develop lower-cost, lower-power designs without adding design risk…

eASIC is a fabless semiconductor company offering breakthrough Structured ASIC devices and Configurable Logic IP. Low-cost, high-performance and fast-turn ASIC and System-on-Chip designs are enabled through patented technology of FPGA-like programmable logic coupled with ASIC-like Via-layer customizable routing.

The 10/100/1000 MAC Core supports transparent mode, thernet frame termination/generation and full duplex mode. This Ethernet core seamlessly interfaces to any industry standard Gigabit Ethernet PHY device. MoreThanIP can also provide 1000Base-X PCS  Core and SGMII, RMII, RGMII, SSSMII modules to implements low pin count interfaces.

Source: eASIC