Inventors:
Elias Mounsef - Citrus Heights CA
Raymond Chow - Folsom CA
Assignee:
ShareWave, Inc. - Austin TX
International Classification:
G06F 1300
US Classification:
710100, 710104, 710107, 709229
Abstract:
An integrated circuit includes a microcontroller core interconnected with a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) interface configurable as a PCI host/CPU bridge when the integrated circuit is used in embedded system applications and as a PCI device when the integrated circuit is used in a hosted application. In some cases, a radio media access controller is (MAC) interconnected to the microcontroller. Also, a forward error correction (FEC) coder/decoder (CODEC) coupled to the radio MAC may be provided. Such an FEC CODEC may be configured to provide Reed-Solomon coding/decoding. Preferably, one or more communication interfaces coupled to the microcontroller are provided, each being configured to allow for interconnection of the integrated circuit with external communication channels.
