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News Release from: Brainboxes | Subject: PX-279 (DB9) and PX-275 (DB25)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 January 2008
PCIe cards provide reliability and speed
Brainboxes' PX-279 and PX-275 cards both offer eight RS232 ports to add reliable and high-speed connectivity via any standard PCIe slot
Brainboxes has released its new range of PCI Express (PCIe) serial cards, offering reliability, functionality and support They have been developed in-house by the Brainboxes technical team to meet the growing market for PCIe, with slots predicted to be included on more than 250 million motherboards in the coming year
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The PX-279 (DB9) and PX-275 (DB25) are eight-port cards.
The cards are supplied with Brainboxes' Serial Solutions software, which is installed in hundreds of thousands of systems worldwide.
The PX-279 and PX-275 cards both offer eight RS232 ports to add reliable and high-speed connectivity via any standard PCIe slot (x1, x2, x4, x8 or x16 lane slots).
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PCI Express is a two-way, serial I/O technology that carries data in packets, similar to the way it is transferred over Ethernet.
Unlike standard PCI technology, the PCIe bus is no longer a single parallel data bus through which all data is routed at a set rate.
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"Brainboxes is now seeing more and more companies incorporating PCIe slots into PC and server designs, which is speeding up the move to the new technology", comments Stephen Evans, Managing Director of Brainboxes.
"Current forecasts show that PCIe slots will have replaced PCI in the majority of PCs by late 2009".
"Brainboxes' new range of PX serial cards offer reliable and high-speed serial communications, while our software and support re-assure our customers that reliability or compatibility are never issues they need to worry about".
The Brainboxes PX PCIe range benefits from a complete suite of software included with the cards.
Brainboxes PX cards are compliant with PCIe version 1.0a and supplied software includes sample programs and test and terminal software, complete with source code.
PX cards incorporate signed drivers for Microsoft Server 2008, Vista, XP and Server 2003 in x32 bit x64 bit editions and Windows 2000.
"PCIe has grown rapidly from less than 10 million slots three years ago, to its current levels of 200-300 million" continued Evans.
"Initially many companies preferred to stick with the PCI technology that they are familiar with, but as PCI slots decrease and are replaced by PCIe, this will no longer be an option".
"By providing the PX range Brainboxes will ensure a smooth transition for customers from one technology to the next".
"Current trends show that the usage of PCIe slots will continue to rise to a predicted figure of over 300 million a year in 2010".
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