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Basics of Switches and Transceivers in Automotive Ethernet

Several recent surveys reveal growth in DDRn, USB 3.0, PCIe, HDMI, SATA, and MIPI interfaces. Also, ethernet and ARM buses remain popular in specific areas. By John Blyler, Editorial Director, IP Systems Recently, I came upon a very brief chip design and functional verification survey conducted by Arrow Devices (see Figure 1). Although the survey size was fairly small – 56 …

Connectivity may be the key but automotive is the driver for both Broadcom's BroadR-Reach Ethernet and Near Field Communication (NFC) technologies.