Re: SUPI<>XAUI
In a message dated 11/10/00 3:00:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
Ted.Speers@actel.com writes:
> Seeking clarification on this. In New Orleans, people were very clear that
> SUPI was a PMA and not an external interface. Electricals were deemed
> irrelevant. The expected external interface to the SUPI PMA would be XSBI.
> The implementation would then be:
>
> MAC |<----XGMIII---->| XGXS |<-----XAUI------>| PCS-WIS
|<-----XSBI---->|
> SUPI-PMD|<----fiber
>
The XSBI was always set as the interface for the serial PMA. There was
never any interface from a 16-wide bus to a 4-wide SUPI or
any other connection other than a single 10Gb/s serial line. Hope this helps.
Justin Chang
Quake Technologies, Inc.
50 Airport Parkway, San Jose, CA. 95110
Tel: 408-437-7723 email: justin@quaketech.com
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