Product Brief
Multi-Gigabit Enterprise Client Connectivity
AQtion Multi-Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Overview
AQtion Ethernet controllers leverage industry proven AQrate PHY technology to deliver Multi-Gigabit Ethernet over copper cables, including Cat5e and Cat 6, which were previously limited to Gigabit Ethernet speeds.
Marvell’s AQtion devices, the AQC107 and AQC108 support 5/2.5 Gigabit Ethernet over copper, and 2.5/5GBASE-T respectively, and are compliant with the NBASE-T specification and the new IEEE 802.3bz standard that was formally ratified in September 2016.
AQtion devices are packaged in a 12 mm x 14 mm, 0.8 mm pitch flip-chip BGA.
Block Diagram
In addition, both devices also support backward compatibility with
100MbE and Gigabit Ethernet. The AQC107 has the extra feature of supporting up to 10 Gigabit Ethernet, or 10GBASE-T, on Cat 6A copper cables, complying with the IEEE standard 802.3an. These AQtion controllers are designed with a PCI Express Gen2/3 x1, x2, x4 for optimal line rate performance connecting to the CPU on the system side.
The AQtion software includes drivers for Windows (10, 8.x, and 7), macOS X, and Linux. Marvell also provides UEFI and PXE boot code, as well as ROM programming and Windows Installer utilities.
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Ethernet MAC
10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M 5-Speed Ethernet PHY
Network
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