Texas Instruments has officially marked the LM3S6420-IBZ25-A2T as Obsolete. For a production BOM that carries this order code, the only channel is independent distribution — surplus, new-old-stock, or broker-sourced inventory.
25 MHz Cortex-M3 with Ethernet — the fit decision
With 46 GPIOs in a 108-ball BGA (10x10 mm), it was designed for industrial or building-automation controllers that needed a single-chip Ethernet node.
Peripherals and memory — what the 96 KB Flash covers
The internal oscillator reduces external BOM count, though the Ethernet PHY still needs an external 25 MHz crystal or oscillator for timing.
