VSC8476

The VSC8476 is a 10Gb Ethernet and 10Gb Fibre Channel Serial Transceiver that has a 10-Gigabit Attachment Unit Interface (XAUI) I/O, 8B/10B Encoder/Decoders, 64B/66B encoder/decoder, gearboxing function, 16:1 mux/demux and high speed I/O. The VSC8476 also offers an additional data output with programmable preemphasis to enable longer links for copper. With these functions the VSC8476 implements the IEEE 802.3ae and T11 10GFC XGMII Extender Sub-layer (XGXS), Physical Coding Sub layer (PCS), and Physical Medium Attachment (PMA). The VSC8476 supports both the 10.3Gb/s and the 10.5 Gbps as defined by IEE802.3ae and T11 10GFC respectively. The device operates using both 1.2V and 1.8V supplies for optimal power, dissipating a typical power of only 1 Watt. The VSC8476 is available in a 17mm x 17mm 256 ball package with 1mm ball pitch.