Marvell Introduces New Link Street Switches with Energy Efficient Ethernet and Audio Video Bridging Support

In addition, the new devices support IEEE 802.1's new Audio Video Bridging (AVB) standards, designed to enable seamless delivery of time-sensitive multimedia traffic for both consumer and professional AV applications on an easy-to-configure Ethernet network. They also support the IEEE 1588v2 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) standard, which enables synchronization of nodes across an Ethernet network to less than one microsecond.



This new family of devices is designed to provide cost- and energy-efficient solutions for the public and private cloud access markets, including wireless routers, gateways and enterprise network access, while expanding the capabilities of Ethernet to address the needs of media-centric applications in home cloud applications, such as set top boxes, digital video recorders, audio/video receivers and many more.



Key Facts:



AVB creates a connection-oriented, Ethernet-based network, providing time and bandwidth guarantees for multimedia content

Energy efficiency and high performance are key components for cost-effective, cloud-based services and proliferation of cloud networks

Space-saving and cost-optimized packaging with integrated voltage regulation reduces system costs

Devices are sampling now, with production quantities scheduled to be available in the third quarter of 2011





Product Highlights:



88E6352



7-port Gigabit Ethernet switch featuring five integrated triple-speed PHYs, GMII, RGMII, and Serdes/SGMII interfaces

Integrated PHYs support 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet, which reduces power consumption by over 70% when the network is idle

Supports latest AVB standards

256 entry TCAM provides packet inspection of up to 96 bytes deep

Supports IEEE 1588v2 for industrial Ethernet applications

Low cost 128-pin QFP (14x14mm) packaging





88E6250 and 88E6220



The 88E6250 is a 7-port Fast Ethernet switch featuring five integrated FE PHYs and two RMII (or one MII/RGMII) interfaces

The 88E6220 is a 4-port Fast Ethernet switch featuring two integrated FE PHYs and two MII/RMII interfaces

Integrated PHYs support 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet, which reduces power consumption by over 50% when the network is idle

Supports latest AVB standards

Supports IEEE 1588v2 for industrial Ethernet applications

Packaged in a 64-pin QFN (9x9mm), the smallest footprint 7-port FE switch on the market today.