Raspberry Compute Module IO Board

I am currently working on a IO board development and would like to know if a LAN7500 chip can take place of the LAN9512 from the Model B/B+? My reasoning is that I would like to have a product that can support 10/100/1000 internet speeds where it is available. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to bobalexander +2

Since I couldn't remember off the top of my head I had to go back through the datasheets and it appears that it can only handle up to 480 Mbps at the High end. So it would appear that using the LAN7500…

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0 bobalexander over 10 years ago

Does the current Ethernet chip not connect over the USB bus?
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to bobalexander

Yes the Ethernet chip still connects via the USB bus. I have already reviewed that. And will be reviewing the specs on the Broadcom processor.
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0 bobalexander over 10 years ago in reply to Former Member

Oh, okay. When you reviewed the USB bus, what kind of throughput can it handle? (Genuinely interested to know.)
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to bobalexander

Since I couldn't remember off the top of my head I had to go back through the datasheets and it appears that it can only handle up to 480 Mbps at the High end. So it would appear that using the LAN7500 chip would be overkill in my project.
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to bobalexander

Since I couldn't remember off the top of my head I had to go back through the datasheets and it appears that it can only handle up to 480 Mbps at the High end. So it would appear that using the LAN7500 chip would be overkill in my project.
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