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News Release from: PLX Technology Europe | Subject: PCI Express developments
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 23 August 2002
Interconnect devices support PCI Express
PLX Technology is developing I/O interconnect devices based on the next-generation input/output architecture PCI Express.
PLX Technology is developing I/O interconnect devices based on PCI Express, the next-generation input/output (I/O) architecture being adopted rapidly industry-wide PLX is currently designing bridging and switching devices featuring PCI Express' highly flexible, reliable, serial I/O architecture
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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PLX, the industry's first I/O interconnect supplier to announce support and development effort for PCI Express, was a key developer of the PCI Express specification in 2001.
The core PCI Express specification has now been made available through the PCI SIG.
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PLX is currently working closely with the working groups that are defining the draft Advanced Switching specification extension, which is a proposed superset of the core specification, that provides features that are essential to the storage and communications market segments.
"PLX will be providing fundamental building blocks for PCI Express, and we are confident that PCI Express will be the dominant next-generation standard I/O architecture", said Larry Chisvin, vice president of marketing at PLX.
"We will continue to play a significant role in this effort as we develop our PCI Express-based products for introduction in 2003".
"Intel expects advanced switching to become a critical interconnect technology within communications equipment and is working with PLX and other companies to develop the advanced switching specification", said Tim Parker, Director of Strategic Planning and Technology Initiatives for the Intel Communications Group.
"PLX, with its focus on interconnection and, in particular, on switching and bridging products, makes a valuable addition to a rapidly growing number of companies that are supporting the advanced switching extensions under development for the PCI Express architecture".
PCI Express (formerly 3GIO) architecture is a highly flexible I/O architecture that uses serial, differential, low-voltage signalling to deliver the performance necessary for next generation platforms.
Scaling from 2.5Gbit/s for a single lane in each direction to a full duplex performance of 160Gbit/s, PCI Express provides the headroom needed for a wide variety of high-performance systems.
PCI Express also supports advanced features such as quality of service (QoS) and isochronous operation, important for servers and communications systems.
The architecture is targeted at multiple market segments, such as desktop, mobile, server, communications and embedded applications, and maintains compatibility with the existing PCI programming model.
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