SONIC (System-Oriented Network Interface Controller) DP83932 is a

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10 Mbit/s

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controller. In the early 1990s, integrated ethernet subsystems based on the SONIC controller were used in computer workstations such as the

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family and the Olivetti M700, ''inter alia''.

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SONIC documentation
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