general description : ip101a is an ieee 802.3/802.3u compliant single-port fast ethernet transceiver for both 100mbps and 10mbps operations. it supports auto mdi/mdix function to simplify the network installation and reduce the system maintenance cost. to improve the system performance, ip101a provides a hardware interrupt pin to indicate the link, speed and duplex status change. ip101a also provides media independent interface (mii) / serial network interface (sni) or reduced media independent interface (rmii) to connect with different types of 10/100mb media access controller (mac). |