Ethernet

Qualcomm® ETHOS® solutions for Ethernet are meticulously designed to provide our customers with the lowest-power, most miniscule PHYs, controllers and switches to make your networks and devices run as efficiently as possible. And while Ethernet may seem like a fairly simple connectivity technology, our ETHOS solutions contain advanced features and intelligence to make your networks and devices smarter and leaner.

Qualcomm ETHOS Ethernet Technology

Qualcomm Atheros provides a broad portfolio of high-performance, low-power Ethernet solutions for the computing, networking and consumer electronics markets to serve its customers with comprehensive connectivity platforms. Our solutions consist of fast and Gigabit Ethernet PHYs, controllers and switches, and are optimized to address the growing demands for increased network capacity, latency-sensitive voice and multimedia applications in the digital home, on computing platforms and in the enterprise.

Leading low power with EDGE™

With EDGE: ETHOS-Designed Green Ethernet low-power technology, Qualcomm Atheros is leading the competition in low energy. Our design team considers how it can conserve power at literally every step of the design process. Our latest-generation solutions support the newly ratified IEEE 802.3az-2010 Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard. Though the efficiency benefits of the 802.3az are greatest for Gigabit Ethernet solutions, Qualcomm Atheros now implements the protocol across our line of fast Ethernet solutions, as well.

The combination of EEE protocols and Qualcomm Atheros’ proprietary power-saving techniques reduces solution power consumption by up to 80%. This significant power advantage gives our customers a competitive edge when designing products for energy-conscious consumers and businesses. To learn more, see EDGE: ETHOS-Designed Green Ethernet.

Integration and small size provide big advantage

Qualcomm Atheros’ PHYs and switches are among the smallest and most cost-effective solutions available. By integrating a dozen external components per PHY port (including resistors, clocks and a switching regulator), the new ETHOS solutions offer the industry’s lowest bill-of-materials (BOM) cost. The highly integrated packages also provide significantly smaller footprints and lower pin-counts than competitive solutions.