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10 Gigabit Ethernet MAC development

CLIENT

A networking company developing next-generation connectivity products

CHALLENGE

To co-development a 10GbE MAC core. Core was used as a standalone chip as well as a reusable module.

SOLUTION

• Added two engineers to the client's two-person team
• Coded half of the RTL (~200K gates) including:
• input and output data interfaces
• input packet analysis for:
• address filtering
• length and CRC checking
• output framer and packet builder block for:
• header (address and length) generation
• CRC generation
• proprietary 200MHz 64bit host data interface
• Prototyped in a Xilinx Virtex FPGA
• Assisted with verification
• Performed top-level integration
• Operational line speed of 9.8Mbit/sec (OC192 SONET PHY level)

BENEFIT

The client successfully co-developed a next-generation MAC core which debuted as a stand-alone chip.