Hardware Design
Table 1. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations (Sheet 2 of 2)
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PMU | Performance Monitoring Unit |
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SME | |
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SSP | Synchronous Serial Protocol |
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UART | Universal Asynchronous |
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USB | Universal Serial Bus |
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VTT | Termination Voltage Supply |
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1.4Overview
The Intel® IXP43X Product Line of Network Processors is a highly integrated device, capable of interfacing with most common industry standard peripherals, required for
Note: This document discusses all features supported on the IXP43X network processors. Refer to the Intel® IXP43X Product Line of Network Processors Datasheet for details on feature support listed by processor.
Some of the key features of the IXP43X network processors, when used as a
•Intel XScale® Processor (compliant with Intel® StrongARM* architecture) up to 667 MHz
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•Two Universal Serial Bus (USB) V2.0 Host Controller
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—Support for 16 MB, minimum for DDR II/I, 32 MB minimum for
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•16bit Data / 24bit Address Expansion Bus Interface
•One UART interface
•Two NPEs
•UTOPIA Level 2 Interface
•Synchronous Serial Port Interface (SSP)
•One
•Network interfaces that can be configured in the following manner: Note 1
—Two MII interfaces
—One MII interface + 1 UTOPIA Level 2 interface
•MII interfaces are: Note 1
—802.3 MII interfaces
—Single MDIO interface to control the MII interfaces
•UTOPIA Level 2 Interface is: Note 1
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—Up to
—Five transmit and five receive address lines
| Intel® IXP43X Product Line of Network Processors |
April 2007 | HDG |
Document Number: 316844; Revision: 001US | 11 |