Marvell Delivers Industry’s Smallest PCI Express Fast Ethernet Controller

Marvell Delivers Industry's Smallest PCI Express Fast Ethernet Controller

Marvell has announced the Marvell® Yukon® FE+ 88E8040 controller for mobile and desktop PCs. The Yukon FE+ 88E8040 features the industry’s smallest controller package size, with a new level of integration that enables a highly compact PC design while reducing system-level costs. The 88E8040 also delivers a new level of energy efficiency for mobile and desktop PCs along with unsurpassed networking performance.

Marvell Yukon FE+ 88E8040 Reduces Board Real-Estate and System Costs with New Level of Integration

The 88E8040 is part of Marvell’s Yukon family of pin-compatible Fast Ethernet (FE) and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) controllers for PCs. The Yukon family’s pin-compatibility and use of a single driver across all Yukon GbE and FE controllers provides PC vendors with the flexibility to leverage a single motherboard design across a broad range of consumer and enterprise platforms. This latest addition to the Yukon family is available in the pin-compatible 64-pin QFN package, and the smaller footprint 7×7mm 48-pin package; the smallest in the industry for a PCI Express Ethernet controller. The 88E8040 eliminates the need for external passives, voltage regulators, and an external EEPROM by integrating these on the controller, thus reducing manufacturing and bill-of-material (BOM) costs by more than 20% while shrinking the space needed to implement LAN-on-motherboard (LOM).