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News Release from: PLX Technology Europe | Subject: GigaBridge switched-PCI architecture
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 20 August 2002
Switched-PCI architecture speeds
expansion
The PLX GigaBridge switched-PCI architecture has been designed into Magma's new PCI expansion system.
The PLX GigaBridge switched-PCI architecture has been designed into Magma's new PCI expansion system The GigaBridge Fabric PCI Expansion System, a high-speed board set for PCI expansion, features seven PCI slots, a 64bit data path, 66MHz operation, and up to 528Mbyte/s throughput to applications including computing, imaging, communications and audio/video editing
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"GigaBridge switched-PCI technology continues to expand the boundaries of PCI in a broad range of applications, providing them with unprecedented performance", said Michael Sarpa, product marketing manager for switched-PCI products at PLX Technology.
"Magma has leveraged the power of switched-PCI in the new GigaBridge Fabric PCI Expansion System, whose speed and expandability will serve Magma's OEMs well".
"The PLX GigaBridge Switched-PCI is precisely the type of architecture we were seeking for our new expansion system", said Nancy Rubinstein, general manager of Magma.
"It provides an extraordinary level of performance and expandability for our products, and ensures that Magma PCI expansion products will continue to be the best on the market".
The PLX GigaBridge Switched PCI architecture enables PCI-based telecommunications, data communications and embedded systems to incorporate 224 PCI bus segments, aggregate tens of gigabits per second, and connect two adjacent PCI devices up to 15 feet away, via a high-performance link.
A cell-based architecture with independent PCIbus segments connected to each port, each GigaBridge switched PCI controller can drive up to four PCI slots and interoperates with other GigaBridge controllers as ports on the Switched PCI systems.
Each GigaBridge controller is linked via two 16bit-wide, point-to-point, low-voltage-differential links clocked at 400MHz.
This results in an aggregate bandwidth of more than 50Gbit/s.
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