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Are there links I can read up on this? Ethernet as on-chip bus blows my mind. I guess it's cheaper than having to redesign an entire SoC, but still...
by jack1243star 6mo ago
Are there links I can read up on this? Ethernet as on-chip bus blows my mind.
I guess it's cheaper than having to redesign an entire SoC, but still...
- doubled112 6mo agoThese SoCs are often purpose built for networking. The CPU just connects to an internal switch chip instead of an external jack. Mikrotik makes block diagrams of some of their Routerboards available. This is a hAP AC3, for example https://i.mt.lv/cdn/product_files/RBD53iG-5HacD2HnD_201031.png https://i.mt.lv/cdn/product_files/RBD53iG-5HacD2HnD_201031.p... It runs on a Qualcom IPQ4019 single-chip Wi-Fi system-on-chip (SoC)