Product Description
Broadcom 8-Port Integrated BroadR-Reach Automotive Ethernet Switch - BCM89572A0BCFBG
The Broadcom BCM8957X family of devices is Broadcom's sixth generation of fully integrated L2+ multilayer switch solutions to support automotive qualification (AEC-Q100) and temperature grade for in-car networking applications. The BCM8956X family of products raises the bar for switches with multiple best-in-class features for the automotive industry, such as integrated security features like 802.1AE MACsec, increased host connectivity bandwidth and Layer 3 routing capability in hardware.
Features
Layer 2+ gigabit switch with built-in IEEE Compliant 100BASE-T1, 1000BASE-T1 PHYs and 100-TX PHYs
Addresses new standardized Automotive Ethernet speeds
- Supports external 802.3cg 10BASE-T1S PHYs
- Supports external 802.3ch multigigabit PHYs
Advanced multilevel security
- Support 802.1AE MACsec with 128/256 bit AES encryption
- L2 anti-hack
- Deep packet inspection
- Intrusion prevention reporting
- Layer 3 flow accelerator offloading host processor from compute intensive routing operations
- AVB & TSN support with ARM Cortex M7 programmability
- IEEE AVB protocol stack (IEEE 802.1AS Time Synchronization and IEEE 802.1Qat SRP)
- High speed PCIe interface with SRIOV virtualization allowing OEMs to reduce overhead of multicore SoCs
- Low-power consumption and support for different low-power modes
- Automotive AECQ-100 qualified
Applications
- Automotive ADAS
- Telematics
- Infotainment
- Gateway
- ECU to ECU backbone communications