
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL TO PMC-SIERRA, INC., AND FOR ITS CUSTOMERS’ INTERNAL USE
PMC-Sierra,Inc.
Octal EXACT™ Bus Switch Matrix
PM3390
FEATURES
• Sixteen Gbit/s, protocol-independent 
switching matrix expandable to 32 Gbit/s.
• Provides eight gigabit, full-duplex 
EXACT™ Bus ports that each supp ort an 
EXACT switch port controller.
• Provides non-blocking connection 
between eight EXACT Bus (Ethernet 
Switching, Access, Control, and 
Termination) rings.
• Supports non-blocking connections 
between sixteen EXACT Bus rings to 
provide a system bandwidth of 
32 Gbit/s using four PM3390 devices.
• Destination lookup table maps logical 
EXACT ports to physical PM3390 ports. 
Destination lookup table can be 
dynamically allocated. 
• Provides visibility into in ternal da taflow to 
allow external flow control in systems that 
do not use the EXACT Bus link protocol. 
BLOCK DIAGRAM
• Each chip supports the EXACT Bus 
Protocol, which is a 10-bit, 
unidirectional insertion ring running at 
125 MHz or 135 MHz.
• EXACT Bus ports allow simple box-tobox, card-to-card, or chip-to-chip 
interconnect.
• 8B/10B EXACT Bus encoding is 
compatible with Common Serialization 
(SERDES) devices to allow serial 
extension using coax or twinax cable.
• Management interface connects to an 
off-chip microprocessor for access to 
internal control registers.
COMPATIBILITY
• Interworks with the following EXACT 
Chipset devices:
PM3370 Octal 10/100 Ethernet Switch 
Port Controller with MII interfaces.
PM3380 Gigabit Ethernet Switc h Port 
Controller.
PACKAGING
• Provides a standard five signal 
P1149.1 JTAG test port for boundary 
scan board test purposes.
• Implemen ted in low power 3.3 V, 
CMOS technology. 
• Available in a 352-pin Ball Grid Array 
(BGA) package.
APPLICATIONS
• High Bandwidth (16 to 32 Gbit/s) 
Ethernet S witches that Support 
Combinatio ns of 10/100/ 1000 Ports.
• Multiprotocol Switch (Ethernet, ATM, 
Packet Over SONET, FDDI, and TR)
• Modular Ethernet Switches.
• Fixed-configuration Ethernet Switches.
8×EXACT
Input Ports
XRXD[9:0]
XRCLK
Per Port
Signals
EXACT
8 Input 
Buffers
JTAG
TDI
TDO
8×EXACT 
Output Ports
Pipelined 
Data
Mux
Free List 
Manager
Control 
Interface
XREFCK135
XREFCK125
INT
RESETI
NFLOW[3:0]
TCK
TMS
TRSTB
SYSCLK
Cell 
Central 
Store
Management 
Interface
MI_RD
MI_WR
MI_ALE
MI_AD[15:0]
Cell List 
Manager
Expansion 
MI_CS
XFLOWI
Pipelined 
Data
Mux
Contol
XSTATI
XSTATO
XFLOWO
XFRAMEI
XFRAMEO
EXACT
8 Output 
Buffers
4 Port 
Expansion 
Interface
EXRXCLK
EXRXD[8:0]
XTXD[9:0] 
XTCLK
Per Port 
Signals
PMC-980237 (R5) 
1999 PMC-Sierra, Inc.

Octal EXACT™ Bus Switch Matrix
PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL TO PMC-SIERRA, INC., AND FOR ITS CUSTOMERS’ INTERNAL USE
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
24 × 10/100 + 2 × 1000 WITH THREE GIGABIT BACKPLANE PORTS
 PM3390
SERDES
CPU
SERDES
PM3390
Octal EXACT 
Bus Switch 
Matrix
PM3370
Octal 10/100 
Ethernet 
Switch Port 
Controller
PM3370
Octal 10/100 
Ethernet 
Switch Port 
Controller
PM3370
Octal 10/100 
Ethernet 
Switch Port 
Controller
32 Gbit/s, 16-RING PM3390 EXPANSION CONFIGURATION
EXACT 
Ring 0-3
EXACT 
Ring 8-11
PM3390
Octal 
EXACT Bus 
Switch
Matrix
SERDES
PM3380
abit 
Gi
Ethernet 
Switch Port 
Controller
SERDES
EXACT 
 0-3
Rin
PM3380
abit 
Gi
Ethernet 
Switch Port 
Controller
SERDES
Head Office: 
PMC-Sierra, Inc. 
#105 - 8555 Baxter Place 
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 4V7 
Canada 
Tel: 604.415.6000 
Fax: 604.415.6200
EXACT 
Ring 4-7
EXACT 
Ring 12-15
EXACT Bus 
EXACT Bus 
EXACT Bus 
To order documentation, 
send email to: 
document@pmc-sierra.com 
or contact the head office, 
Attn: Document Coordinator
PM3390
Octal 
Switch
Matrix
PM3390
Octal 
Switch
Matrix
PM3390
Octal 
Switch
Matrix
EXACT 
 4-7
Rin
EXACT 
 8-11
Rin
EXACT Ring 
12-15
All product documentation is available 
on our web site at: 
http://www.pmc-sierra.com 
For corporate information, 
send email to: 
info@pmc-sierra.com
PMC-980237 (R5) 
 1999 PMC-Sierra, Inc. 
September, 1999 
EXACT is a trademark of 
PMC-Sierra, Inc.