PCIe to PCI bridge goes both ways

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jul 27, 2007

The Pericom PI7C9X110 PCI Express to PCI bridge can be configured for forward or reverse bridging operation.

Available now from Nu Horizons Electronics, the Pericom PI7C9X110 PCI Express to PCI bridge can be configured for forward or reverse bridging operation.

Comprising one PCI Express port and one 32bit/66MHz PCI port, the P7C9X110 connects legacy PCI products to PCIe systems, or PCIe products to legacy PCI systems.

PCIe features include lane polarity toggle, beacon support, advanced error reporting, generator checks for chip testing, support for a maximum payload of 512 bytes, and virtual isochronous operation.

PCI/PCI-X features include 3.3V signalling that is 5V I/O tolerant, two levels of internal arbitration for up to eight bus masters, PCI INT interrupt or MSI function support.

The PI7C9X110 offers transparent and nontransparent modes of operation.

It supports SM bus and I2C serial EPROM, hot plugging, GPIO, and Masquerade.

The device comes in a 12 x 12mm, 160-pin, LFBGA package and operates over an extended commercial temperature range of 0 to +85C.