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New Alphabet Soup
In a high-tech job (but also any other job) change requires to learn the new lingo. Like Obama, I like the change. I consider this fun (and I WILL change the world)…
While I’m waiting for Assaf to create the next-gen soup, here is the partial list of abbreviations and their meaning I have to learn. In some cases, it takes me 20+ years in time…
- AUI : Attachment Unit Interface, originally connected to a MAU
- MAU : Medium Attachment Unit, like a 10Base-2 transceiver.
- XAUI : A 10G AUI, the X is the Roman numeral for 10; Data path is 4×3.125Gbps Lanes
- XLAUI : A 40G AUI, XL being the Roman numeral for 40; Data path is 4×10.3.125Gbps Lanes
- CAUI: A 100G AUI, C (you guessed it) being the Roman numeral for 100; Data path is 10×10.3125Gbps Lanes
- MII : Medium Independent Interface, 4bit wide data path.
- RMII : Reduced MII, the MII but with less signals!
- SMII : Serial MII, the data path is reduced to one bit.
- GMII : Gigabit MII, 8bit wide data path.
- RGMII : Reduced Gigabit MII.
- SGMII : Serial Gigabit MII.
- XGMII : 10G MII (this time the G made it in).
- XGXS : XGMII eXtender Sublayer.
- XLGMII : 40G MII.
- CGMII : 100G MII.
- MAC : Media Access Controller.
- PLS : Physical Layer Signaling; for 10Mbps only, implemented the Manchester encoding.
- RS : Reconciliation Sublayer.
- PCS : Physical Coding Sublayer; e.g. 8B/10B.
- MLD : Multi Lane Distribution
- PMA : Physical Medium Attachment.
- PMD : Physical Medium Dependant.
- IPG : Inter Packet Gap; Code words sent between valid Ethernet Frames.