Toshiba Announces Latest Ethernet Bridge IC for Automotive and Industrial Applications

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New IC Supports Time-Sensitive Networking Protocol and Ethernet Bridging Bandwidth up to 1Gbps

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 22, 2019 – 

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. ("Toshiba") today has announced TC9562 series, its latest member in the automotive network bridge IC product line. The TC9562 series provides advanced Ethernet capability for telematics and infotainment systems for the automotive segment.

Real-time processing and reliable data transmission is critical to support telematics, infotainment, driver assistance systems and various sensor data to enable a fully connected vehicle. New standards, including Ethernet AVB[1] and TSN[2], are becoming adopted in automotive and industrial applications to meet the increased performance requirements.

Toshiba's TC9562 series is designed for reliability and performance delivering Ethernet bridging capability up to 1Gbps bandwidth. The new automotive bridge IC also supports Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) protocol for various industrial and commercial applications.

The TC9562 series's advanced capabilities supports Ethernet AVB specification, specifically IEEE 802.1AS[3] and IEEE 802.1Qav[4], as well as TSN standards IEEE 802.1Qbv[5], IEEE 802.1Qbu[6] and IEEE 802.3br[6]. The New IC also supports a broad range of interfaces including PCI Express® 2.0 and 1.0, I2S/TDM, RGMII, RMII, MII[7] and an option for SGMII[7] for expanded interfaces to various IVI SoC solutions.

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