GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The MU9C8338A, when configured with the MUSIC Semiconductors MU9Cx480B family of LANCAMs provides a high performance, large capacity Ethernet address processing subsystem for use in Ethernet bridge, switch, or remote access products. The device is designed to work in single-port system supporting a 100Mb/s Ethernet port at wire speed.

DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS
• Industry-standard 10/100Mb MII port
• Supports station list up to 32K addresses
• Port ID and MAC Frame Reject signal based on DA search results
• Read search results from the Result port or CPU port
• Hardware support for Tag switching
• Optional automatic learning of new SAs
• Optional automatic Aging and Purging
• 144–pin LQFP packages
• 3.3 Volt operation with 5 Volt tolerant I/O

APPLICATION BENEFITS
• 10/100Mb Ethernet wire speed switching and bridging for remote access and wireless networks
• Glueless connection to MUSIC LANCAM and most 10/100Mb Ethernet chip sets
• Offloads all DA/SA processing and management functions from host processor
• Supports station lists from 256 up to 32K addresses
• Full support of Unicast, Multicast, and Broadcast frames
• Built-in generic processor port