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VSC8224 Datasheet
Quad 10/100/1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-X PHY with RGMII/RTBI Interfaces
1 General Description
Ideally suited for high port density Gigabit Ethernet switches and routers, or multi-port Network Interface Cards (NICs), Vitesse's VSC8224 integrates four low-power, triple speed (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T) Ethernet transceivers with four 1000BASE-X compatible serializer / deserializer (SerDes) in a 19 mm, thermally-enhanced, 260-pin plastic ball grid array (BGA). Supporting dual media applications, the quad 1000BASE-X compatible SerDes devices allow for direct connection to Gigabit Ethernet fiber optic, SFP, and GBIC modules with automatic selection between copper and fiber media.