82540EP — Networking Silicon

2.6

Additional Device Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Features

 

Benefits

 

 

 

 

Four activity and link indication outputs that directly

• Link and activity indications (10, 100, and 1000

 

drive LEDs

 

Mbps) on each port

 

 

 

 

 

• Software definable function (speed, link, and

 

Programmable LED functionality

 

activity) and blinking allowing flexible LED

 

 

 

implementations

 

 

 

 

 

Internal PLL for clock generation can use a 25 MHz

• Lower component count and system cost

 

crystal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) Test Access Port built in silicon

• Simplified testing using boundary scan

 

 

 

 

 

• Reduced number of on-board power supply

 

On-chip power control circuitrya

 

regulators

 

• Simplified power supply design in less power-

 

 

 

 

 

critical applications

 

 

 

 

Four software definable pins

• Additional flexibility for LEDs or other low speed

 

 

I/O devices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supports little endian byte ordering for both 32 and 64

 

 

 

bit systems and big endian byte ordering for 64 bit

Portable across application architectures

 

systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two or three-pair cable downshift

Supports modular hardware accessories

 

 

 

 

 

Provides loopback capabilities

Validates silicon integrity

 

 

 

 

 

Minimal ballout change from the 82540EM

Pin Compatibility

 

 

 

 

a.If applying the “low-power” EEPROM setting for the 82540EP chip, then only external voltage regulator circuits should be used instead of the on-chip power control circuitry

2.7Technology Features

Features

 

Benefits

 

 

 

196-pin Ball Grid Array (TFBGA) package

15 mm2 component making LOM designs easier

Pin compatible with 82551QM and 82540EM

• Enables 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet or 1000 Mbps

 

Gigabit Ethernet implementations on the same

controllers

 

 

board with only minor stuffing option changes

 

 

 

 

 

• Offers lowest geometry to minimize power and

Implemented in 0.15u CMOS process

 

size while maintaining Intel quality reliability

 

 

standards

 

 

 

Operating temperature: 0° C to 70° C (maximum)

 

 

operating temperature

Simple thermal design

Heat sink or forced airflow not required

 

 

65° C to 140° C storage temperature range

 

 

 

 

 

PCI Signaling: 3.3 V (5 V tolerant) PCI signaling

 

 

Typical targeted power dissipation:

 

 

• 1.38W @ D0 1000 Mb/s

Lower power requirements for mobile applications

• 386mW @ D3 100 Mb/s (wake-up enabled)

 

 

• <20mW @ D3 wake-up disabled

 

 

 

 

 

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Intel 82540EP manual Additional Device Features, Technology Features