Ethernet TSN MAC 10M/100M/1G/2.5G
Overview
Comcores TSN MAC 10M/100M/1G/2.5G provides a complete IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Layer 2 solution with support for key TSN features including 802.1Qbu Preemption, 802.3br Interspersing Express Traffic, and optionally 802.1AS Timing and Synchronization and 802.1Qbv Enhancements for Scheduled Traffic.
The TSN MAC enables deterministic low latency and guaranteed jitter for time sensitive applications. The TSN MAC allows flexibility in selecting a subset of standards depending on your application from industrial to automotive.
The feature rich MAC core is a low latency cut-through implementation, while keeping size at a minimum. The core is fully configurable and can optionally include IEEE 1588 Timestamping Unit (TSU). The Ethernet MAC Core has a standard GMII interface on the PHY side, with MII and RGMII being optional.
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Key Features
Delivers Performance
- Designed to IEEE 802.3-2018 specification
- Supports key features like 802.1 Qbu
- Qbv and AS extensions are available
- Low latency and compact implementation
- Full duplex Ethernet interfaces
Highly Configurable
- TSN features can be enabled/disabled independently
- Cut-through support
Feature Rich
- FCS generation supported
- Supports Link verification
- Jumbo frames
- Independent TX and RX Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) frame length
- Optionally comprehensive statistics gathering
- Easy integration with standard AXI4 lite or APB
Silicon Agnostic
- Designed in SystemVerilog and targeting both ASICs and FPGAs
Deliverables
The IP Core can be delivered in Source code or Encrypted format. The following deliverables will be provided with the IP Core license:
- Solid documentation, including User Manual and Release Note.
- Simulation Environment, including Simple Testbed, Test case, Test Script.
- Programming Register Specification.
- Timing Constraints in Synopsys SDC format.
- Access to support system and direct support from Comcores Engineers.
- Synopsys SGDC Files (optional)
- Synopsys Lint, CDC and Waivers (optional)
Items available for purchase
- IEEE 802.1Qbv (Enhancements for scheduled traffic)
- IEEE 802.1CB (Frame Replication and Elimination for Reliability)
- IEEE 802.1AS (Timing and Synchronization)
- IEEE 1588 (Precision Time Protocol, PTP)
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Tremendous investments in research
Know-How
Long-term experience in communication protocols
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