Green Data Cabinets Feature Editorial

TrendChip Technologies Corp., a provider focused on the design of broadband access chips, has unveiled the first Ethernet switch chip, the TC2205F.

The TC2205F is intended for broadband access platforms and includes four automatic energy-saving 10/100M Ethernet ports that meet the IEEE (News - Alert) 802.3az industry standards (Energy Efficient Ethernet; EEE). Their four, automatic energy-saving 10/100M Ethernet ports can also detect the length of network cable and unused network ports to manage power consumption. These energy-saving technologies enable service providers to begin installing green, energy-saving broadband networks. They also allow users to save energy and lessen carbon emission without affecting the quality of their broadband internet access.

The TC2205F also includes one MII/TMII (Turbo MII) MAC interface linked to the platform's main CPU. The 64-pin QFN packaging only needs half the quantity of pins needed in traditional switch chips. The TC2205F has a combination of automatic energy-saving functions, such as the low-energy consumption mode, with automatic entry and exit based on actual network traffic (Low Power Idle; LPI (News - Alert)), and automatic detection of network cable length and unused ports.

The TC2205F also has the IGMP V1/V2/V3, VLAN, and QoS functions to meet telecom service providers' sophisticated network setting needs when installing Triple-Play. They also guarantee that the video service's quality is consistent.

Bomin Wang, the president of TrendChip Technologies Corp., stated that TrendChip's automatic energy-saving switch chips for telecom end-products will surpass the telecom standard and usher in a new, green, energy-saving century.

Wang added that this will provide direct benefits to users by lessening their energy bills, as well as those of the telecom service providers. When telecom service providers introduce energy-saving chips to their end-products, it will go with the global energy conservation trend towards lessening carbon emissions. It will also extend the operational life cycle of end products significantly, lessening their future operating and maintenance expenses.