The SN55LBC976 is a 9-channel differential transceiver based on the SN55LBC176 LinASICTM cell. Use of TI's LinBiCMOSTM process technology allows the power reduction necessary to integrate nine differential transceivers. On-chip enabling logic makes this device applicable for the data path (eight data bits plus parity) and the control path (nine bits) for both the Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) and the Intelligent Peripheral Interface (IPI-2) standard data interfaces.