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News Release from: Altera Europe | Subject: Ethernet MegaCorefunction complies with IEEE 802.3
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 April 2007
Ethernet core passes interoperability
tests
Passing of IEEE 802.3 compliance and interoperability tests allows an Ethernet core to be integrated with embedded processors to build control and data plane applications.
Altera's triple-speed Ethernet MegaCorefunction has successfully verified compliance with the IEEE 802.3 specification by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) In addition to the MAC and 1000 BASE-X PCS test suites, the Triple- Speed Ethernet MegaCore function, implemented on Stratix II and StratixII GX devices, passed the independent lab's point-to-point interoperability, auto-negotiation and flow-control test suites
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Devices with Gigabit Ethernet are scaling to support larger, more demanding and varied network architectures", says Michael Henninger, UNH-IOL Gigabit Ethernet consortium manager.
"It's reasonable to assume that products undergoing thorough testing at a foundational level are better prepared to reliably deliver data across these networks".
The UNH-IOL is devoted to testing and debugging products for interoperability and conformance to standards in various facets of networking.
The Altera triple-speed Ethernet MegaCore function addresses applications ranging from telecom to medical to industrial automation.
Customers can use Altera's SOPC Builder system-integration tool to accelerate integration of the MegaCore function with the NiosII embedded processor to build both control and data plane applications.
"UNH-IOL conformance testing of the triple-speed Ethernet MegaCore function is a significant milestone in Altera's continued commitment of enabling customers to rapidly build Ethernet solutions", says Steve Mensor, Senior Director, IP and technology marketing at Altera.
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