• Designed to the Ethernet requirements for 10/25 Gb/s operation specified by IEEE 802.3 Clause 49, IEEE 802.3by, and the 25G Ethernet Consortium
• Includes complete Ethernet MAC and PCS/PMA functions or standalone PCS/PMA for 25Gb/s operation
• Includes complete Ethernet MAC and PCS/PMA functions, standalone MAC or standalone PCS/PMA for 10 Gb/s operation
• Simple packet-oriented user interface
• Comprehensive statistics gathering
• Status signals for all major functional indicators
• BASE-R PCS sublayer operating at 10.3125Gb/s or 25.78125Gb/s
• Optional clause 74 BASE-KR FEC sublayer
• Optional Auto-Negotiation
• Optional clause 108 25G Reed-Solomon Forward Error Correction (RS-FEC) sublayer
• Custom Preamble mode
• Optional IEEE 1588 1-step and 2-step timestamping
• Runtime switchable between 10G and 25G