>Miguel wrote:
>> I'm doing some study with Seiko TCP/IP...
>> Today i received 10 pieces and i want to say that they are incridible
>> and mainly little...:)
>> The problem is that they need a MODEM for Internet Connections...
>
>  Hey, cut it out!  What more could you ask for a single chip?  It's a
>fact of life that you need an isolation and driver circuit to get you
>connectivity, either via a telephone line or Ethernet (though they do
>get these fairly small on PCMCIA cards).
>
>  If you use an external (cheap) modem, you should be able to hide the
>chip in the interface connector.
>
>  If you are manufacturing the ultimate solution, then what you end up
>(for phone line connection) with will by definition be sized as, *and
>costed as*, a standard modem.  IOW, a modem is the minimum requirement
>for telecoms connectivity, TCP/IP capability is a relatively trivial
>addition to a modem.
>
>  Bottom line:  This hasn't actually changed a great deal with advent of
>the "single-chip solution", which is why it isn't yet having, and won't
>in a hurry, have *anywhere near* as much impact as hyped.
>
>  And of course, the Ethernet version is stymied by the simple fact that
>most PCs sold for home consumption haven't even an Ethernet port as
>standard, let alone that hubs might be commonplace.
>--
>  Cheers,
>        Paul B.
>