| ??? 04/19/06 19:05 Modified: 04/19/06 19:07 Read: times | #114569 - It's a MICREL part Responding to: ???'s previous message | 
| Micrel bought KENDIN, which made a device intended for the SOHO switch market.  It was an KS86-something or other, (details on a different machine) which is an ARM-9 with 6 ethernet PHY's, IIRC, one bound to one MAC, and the other five bound to the other through a switch matrix, along with the usual stuff one wants in order to run LINUX, i.e. SDRAM and FLASH/SRAM memory interfaces, serial link, etc.  IIRC that priced at about $18 back then in 10K units/yr.  You just had to hook up the FLASH and the SDRAM, and the ethernet stuff, and away you go!  The SRAM timing was an issue that remained unresolved when I ended  my involvment there.  
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