| Star
Semiconductor Corporation, as an affiliate of UMC Group, was founded
in October 2002. With solid expertise in Gigabit Ethernet and wireless
mixed-signal System-on-a-Chip, Star is focusing on the development
of broadband home networking SoC solutions for SOHO market. Star
has developed and integrated advanced technologies to fulfill system
customers' requirements and play the leading roles in SoC solution
providers for Gigabit SOHO router, Home Networking Storage, Security
Gateway, VoIP gateway and wireless IP camera applications.
With the world
leading foundry support of UMC's advanced semiconductor process
and alliance with package / testing partners, Star has successfully
delivered the most cost-effective SoC solutions with excellent performance
and fit the customers' time-to-market needs. Some innovative technology
development has been awarded government funding supports, and Star
also successfully achieved design-wins from leading OEM / ODM system
manufacturers in broadband home networking products.
Product
◎ Broadband Home
Gateway Processors (SoC)
STR9100
is a series of highly integrated broadband home gateway processors,
providing rich set of peripherals like Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces,
USB2.0 Host, PCMCIA, 1.5Mbps UART, and PCI-66 etc., with superior
performance for broadband/wireless gateway. Several package options
are available for different product cost structure requirements.
| Feature |
STR9101 |
STR9104 |
STR9102 |
STR9105 |
| ICE Interface Types |
ARM-like |
M-ICE/ARM-like |
M-ICE/ARM-like |
M-ICE/ARM-like |
| Flash Mem. Interface |
8/16-bit |
8/16-bit |
8/16-bit |
8/16-bit |
| DDR Mem. Interface |
16-bit |
16-bit |
16/32-bit |
16/32-bit |
| MAC |
1x 10/100M |
2x 10/100M |
2x 10/100/1000M |
2x 10/100 |
| Embedded Switch |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| Hardware NAT Engine |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| IDP Engine |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| PCI Host Bridge |
Y(up to 2 targets) |
N |
Y(up to 3 targets) |
Y(up to 3 targets) |
| USB 1.1/2.0 PHY/CTL |
N |
2 ports |
2 ports |
2 ports |
| PCMCIA |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| High-speed UART |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| GPIO*(shared pins) |
Y (11) |
Y (21) |
Y (21) |
Y (21) |
| Package |
208-PQFP (28mm*28mm) |
257-LFBGA (14mm*14mm) |
304-BGA (27mm*27mm) |
304-BGA (27mm*27mm) |
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