The KS8993M, a highly integrated Layer 2 managed switch, is designed for low port count, cost-sensitive 10/100 Mbps switch systems. It offers an extensive feature set that includes tag/port-based VLAN, quality of service (QoS) priority, management, management information base (MIB) counters, MII/SNI, and CPU control/data interfaces to effectively address both current and emerging Fast Ethernet applications.