Multi-Port Single-Chip 10G Ethernet Converged Controllers
The BCM578x0 family represent Broadcom's latest generation of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) converged controllers designed for high-volume, converged LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM) and converged network adapter applications. The 40nm controller family represents the industry's first offering of quad-port converged controllers, delivering up to twice the port density-and many more features -in Broadcom's smallest footprint with extremely low power per port, enabling manufacturers to transition more of their product lines to high-speed 10GbE connectivity in a cost-effective manner.
Among the first solutions in the industry supporting the latest PCIe 3.0 specification, the converged controller family enables server manufacturers to reduce bill of material (BOM) costs while increasing performance and functionality. On-chip protocol processing offload engines such as iSCSI, FCoE, TCP, and RDMA-ready hardware, provide data center managers with a significant increase in storage and networking performance, while consuming less power and freeing up host CPU resources to perform other functions. Each device delivers industry-leading networking and storage performance via bi-directional line-rate on all 10G ports simultaneously.
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- The BCM578x0 converged controllers are designed to deliver Broadcom's best performance with up to 67 percent higher input/output per second (IOPS) as compared to Broadcom's previous generation 10G offering
- From a footprint perspective, the new converged controllers utilize only 0.82 square inches of space for up to four ports of converged 10GbE; including serializers/deserializers (SerDes) for SFP+ rack server and 10GBASE-KR for blade server applications
- The BCM578x0 family of converged controllers includes baseline server features such as Wake-on-LAN, Remote Boot (PXE), and NC-SI server management
- Additional power savings in low utilization periods are achieved with Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) capabilities that further reduce power consumption in 10GBASE-T applications
- Broadcom offers a broad portfolio of physical layer (PHY) devices with dual-media capabilities to support a mix of different physical layer standards such as 10GBASE-T and SFP+
