The TSB43DA42/TSB43DB42/ TSB43DA42A (later referred to as TSB43Dx42) from Texas Instruments (TI) are single-chip IEEE 1394 solutions containing both the link-layer controller and the physical-layer controller func- tionality. The primary function of the TSB43Dx42 is to handle com- munication of audio/video data (such as DV or MPEG-TS) across a 1394 network as required by the consumer electronics market. Each of the three high-speed data interfaces (HSDIs) are associated with an isochronous datapath and can be indepen- dently configured to transmit (to IEEE 1394) or receive (from IEEE 1394). All three HSDI ports support seamlessconnections to the various codecs on the market. Once the TSB43Dx42 is config- ured appropriately by an external CPU (connected to the host interface using either a PCI or SRAM/168K bus), it will handle all of the formatting of the IEC61883 packets. When transmitting to the 1394 network, this means the codecs will be responsible for outputting the compressed A/V