1 of 19September 18, 2007Document Number EDCS-540123 Revision Revision 1
2QSGMII SpecificationThe Quad Serial Gigabit Media Independent Interface (QSGMII) is designed to satisfy the following requirements:•Convey 4 ports of network data and port speed between a 10/100/1000 PHY and a MAC with significantly less signal pins than required for GMII & SGMII
•Operate in both half and full duplex and at all port speeds
•This implementation can be extended to other port to channel ratios
However, this is outside the scope of this document
QSGMII Specification: EDCS-540123Revision 1
22 of 19September 18, 2007Change HistoryDefinitionsMII – Media Independent Interface: A digital interface that provides a 4-bit wide datapath between a 10/100 Mbit/s PHY and a MAC sublayer
Since MII is a subset of GMI