Ethernet :: AR8151

Technology Overview

Atheros ETHOS® technologies provide customers with industry-leading low power and solution size to enable Fast or Gigabit Ethernet connectivity in networking equipment, consumer electronics and computing platforms. Our PHY, controller and switch solutions support the IEEE 802.3az standard for Energy Efficient Ethernet, to extend battery- charges on computing platforms and deliver power- efficiencies in networking equipment. Atheros also enables incremental power-saving techniques to offer our customers the very lowest power Ethernet in the industry today. The unmatched efficiency and advanced carrier-class features of Atheros ETHOS solutions give customers a competitive edge when designing products for energy-conscious consumers and businesses.

AR8151 Product Overview

The AR8151 is an ultra low power PCIe Gigabit Ethernet controller for PC applications. It fully supports PCIe power saving features as well as extensive low power Ethernet features. It comes in a tiny 5 x 5 mm package providing a state of the art compact complete Ethernet solution that is pin and code compatible with the AR8152 Fast Ethernet LOM.

With full IEEE 802.3az and ASP support, including L0s, as well as many Atheros ETHOS-Designed Green Ethernet (EDGE™) power-saving features, it provides the lowest power consumption on the market in all operating and idle modes!

Solution Highlights

  • Fully IEEE 802.3az (Energy Efficient Ethernet) Draft 3.0 compatible
  • World lowest power consumption
  • Smallest package: QFN40 5 x 5 mm for AR8151/52
  • Teaming support for LACP, failover & load balance
  • Integrated Switching Regulator
  • Integrated OTP memory for Ethernet configuration
  • PCIe ASPM L0s/L1 fully support
  • Fully support OOB WoL
  • Fully support AMD Magic Packet and MSFT Wake up pattern WoL
  • Fully support IEEE 802.1Q VLAN
  • Fully support IEEE 802.1P QoS

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