Marvell Alaska Gigabit Ethernet Transceivers
As Ethernet technology becomes more prevalent in everyday mainstream applications such as IP phones, gaming consoles, PDAs, printers, and traditional home or corporate network connections, the demand for advanced processes, power, and features increase. The efficient design of the Marvell® Alaska® Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) PHY transceivers addresses these requirements by allowing for increased density, reduced power, and smaller package size. The Alaska GbE PHYs build on the Marvell legacy of providing unique, best-in-class features that enable customers to expand their Ethernet applications.
Innovative features of the Alaska GbE PHYs include multimedia support thru a single PHY and reduced PCB real estate via increased integration. In addition, Alaska GbE PHYs feature Marvell Virtual Cable Tester® (VCT™) fault detection technology that is continuously extended, and which now enables “proactive” cable performance monitoring.
Marvell acrually offer one of the most comprehensive and complete PHY portfolio in the market, including:
- 10/100 – 88E30xx: Single, Octal ports
- 1gig – 88E11xx, 88E12xx: Single, Dual, Quad ports
- 10 gig – 88X20xx: Single, Dual ports
And support for all MAC and Media interfaces MAC side:
- 10/100/1G: MII, RMII, SMII, GMII, RGMII, SGMII, TBI, RTBI, Serdes
- 10 gig: XAUI, XGMII, XFI
Media side:
- 10G Module support: Xenpak, X2, XFP, XPAK
Marvell PHY products can also be combined with Marvell’s switching products for a complete networking solution. With design and support centers located across the globe, Marvell is able to provide comprehensive global engineering and technical support.
Key Specifications
- Lower power dissipation, enabling smaller and more mobile applications
- Reduced PCB real estate, allowing either more compact platform design or additional physical space for increased application support (i.e. MACsec or Sync-E)
- Simplified layout overcoming technical routing and thermal limitations
- Higher performance, pushing the envelope on technical performance
- Cable performance monitoring, allowing proactive cable performance monitoring