ASIX ELECTRONICS CORPORATION Released Date: 11/05/2013
4F, NO.8, Hsin Ann Rd., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan, R.O.C. 300
TEL: 886-3-579-9500 FAX: 886-3-579-9558 http://www.asix.com.tw/
AX88178A
USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Features
Single chip USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000M Gigabit
Ethernet controller with Energy Efficient
Ethernet (EEE) base on digital signal processing
(DSP) technology with low dissipation
USB Device Controller
Integrates on-chip USB 2.0 PHY and
controller compliant to USB Spec 2.0 and 1.1
Supports USB High/Full Speed modes with
Bus-power or Self-power device auto-detect
capability
High performance packet transfer rate over
USB bus using proprietary burst transfer
mechanism (US Patent Approval)
Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Supports IEEE 802.3az (Energy Efficient
Ethernet)
IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, and 802.3ab compatible
Integrates 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit
Ethernet MAC/PHY
Supports dynamic cable length detection and
dynamic power adjustment Green Ethernet
(Gigabit mode only)
Supports parallel detection and automatic
polarity correction
Supports crossover detection and auto-
correction
Supports IPv4/IPv6 packet Checksum
Offload Engine (COE) to reduce CPU
loading, including IPv4
IP/TCP/UDP/ICMP/IGMP & IPv6
TCP/UDP/ICMPv6 checksum check &
generation
Supports TCP Large Send Offload V1
Supports full duplex operation with IEEE
802.3x flow control and half duplex
operation with back-pressure flow control.
Supports IEEE 802.1P Layer 2 Priority
Encoding and Decoding
Supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging and
2 VLAN ID filtering; received VLAN Tag (4
bytes) can be stripped off or preserved
Supports Jumbo frame
PHY loop-back diagnostic capability
Support Wake-on-LAN Function
Supports suspend mode and remote wakeup
via link-change, Magic Packet, Microsoft
wakeup frame and external wakeup pin
Supports Bonjour wake-on-demand
Advanced Power Management Features
Supports power management offload (ARP &
NS)
Supports dynamic power management to
reduce power dissipation during idle or light
traffic
Supports AutoDetach power saving.
Soft-disconnected from USB host when
Ethernet cable is unplugged
Supports advanced link down power saving
during Ethernet cable is unplugged
Supports optional serial EEPROM (93c56/66)
for storing USB Descriptors, Node-ID, etc
Supports embedded eFuse (64-byte) to store
USB Device Descriptors, Node-ID, etc. to save
external EEPROM
Supports automatic loading of USB Device
Descriptors, Node-ID, etc. from embedded
eFuse or external EEPROM after power-on
initialization
Single 25MHz clock input from either crystal or
oscillator source
Integrates on-chip power-on reset circuit
Integrates pipelined RISC (System on a Chip,
SoC) for handling protocol and control functions
68-pin QFN 8mm x 8mm RoHS/REACH
compliant package
Operating over 0°C to 70°C temperature range
Target Applications
USB Dongle
Docking Station
USB Port Replicator
Network Printer
POS, Card Reader
UMPC, MID, Netbook
Ultrabook
Game Console
IP STB, IP TV
Embedded system
Document No: AX88178A/V1.11/11/05/13