A MediaLB controller functions as timing master. It manages the communication between multiple MediaLB devices. SMSC's highly integrated Intelligent Network Interface Controllers (INICs) provide the new serial-combined-mode interface MediaLB for inter-chip communication. They support high-speed communication for all MOST data types. The synchronization of MOST and MediaLB is optimized by using one and the same chip (the INIC) as MOST network interface and MediaLB controller: