Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!umd5!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!TYCHO.ARPA!hsw From: hsw@TYCHO.ARPA (Howard Weiss) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: re: IP protocol on a chip(s) Message-ID: <8712092310.AA28631@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 9 Dec 87 14:15:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 30 There was a TCP/IP 40-pin chip implementation built back in 1983 by a company called Quanta Microtique. I actually still have the data sheets on the chip (called the QM10 - Advanced Communications Controller). Steve Holmgren developed the chip and ran the company - he now runs CMC in Santa Barbara, Ca. The "General Description" of the chip (from the QM-10 literature) says: "The QM10 is an LSI circuit designed to support virtual connection and packet functions previoulsy found in larger digital communications processors. A 40-pin, dual inline form factor makes integration into existing hardware straightforward." The "Device Characteristics" were listed as: * DoD Standard TCP connection protocol firmware. * DoD Standard IP packet protocol firmware. * Single Connection per device. * IP address filtering for ganged device configurations. * Flexible shared memory user interface. * Configurable network interfaces. - Onboard UART configuration. - Outborrad USART configuration. - Outboard shared memory network interface. * Single +5 volt power supply * 12mW stand-by power for connection state retention. * Standard 40-pin package. Howard Weiss -------