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AM79C970A - PCnet-PCI II Single-Chip Full-Duplex Ethernet Controller for PCI Local Bus Product

Download the AM79C970A datasheet PDF. This datasheet also covers the AM7 variant, as both devices belong to the same pcnet-pci ii single-chip full-duplex ethernet controller for pci local bus product family and are provided as variant models within a single manufacturer datasheet.

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Note: The manufacturer provides a single datasheet file (AM7-9C97.pdf) that lists specifications for multiple related part numbers.

Datasheet Details

Part number AM79C970A
Manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices
File Size 1.04 MB
Description PCnet-PCI II Single-Chip Full-Duplex Ethernet Controller for PCI Local Bus Product
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Overview

PRELIMINARY Am79C970A PCnetTM-PCI II Single-Chip Full-Duplex Ethernet Controller for PCI Local Bus Product DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS Single-chip Ethernet controller for the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) local bus Supports ISO 8802-3 (IEEE/ANSI 802.3) and Ethernet standards Direct interface to the PCI local bus (Revision 2.0 compliant) High-performance 32-bit Bus Master architecture with integrated DMA buffer Management Unit for low CPU and bus utilization Software compatible with AMD PCnet Family, LANCE/C-LANCE, and Am79C900 ILACC register and descriptor architecture Compatible with PCnet Family driver software Full-duplex operation for increased network bandwidth Big endian and little endian byte alignments supported 3.

Key Features

  • Automatic retransmission with no FIFO reload.
  • Automatic receive stripping and transmit padding (individually programmable).
  • Automatic runt frame rejection.
  • Automatic selection of received collision frames Microwire EEPROM interface supports jumperless design and provides through-chip programming Advanced Micro Devices Supports optional Boot PROM for diskless node.

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