AM79C973 - Advanced Micro Devices

AM79C973 10/100 Mbps PCI Ethernet Controller

The Am79C973 and Am79C975 controllers are singlechip 32-bit full- duplex, 10/100-Megabit per second (Mbps) fully integrated PCI-to-Wire Fast Ethernet system solution, designed to address high-performance system application requirements. They are flexible bus mastering device that can be used in any application, including network-ready PCs and bridge/router d.

Features

offered with the Am79C973 controller. The Serial Management Interface is based on the industry standard Inter-IC (I2C) and System Management Bus (SMBus) specifications and enables a system to communicate with another network station for remote monitoring and alerting of local system management parameters and events. This simple yet powerful Serial Management Interface is capable of communicating within the system and over the network during normal operation or in low-power modes, even if the device is not initialized or set up for transmit or receive operation by the network software driver. T.