Industry’s First PCI Express 3.0 Switches by PLX Technology
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The new innovative PLX® ExpressLane™ PCIe Gen 3 switch family, designed on 40nm process node, includes broad lane counts ranging from 12 up to 48 lanes. Board and system designers can take full advantage of the latest PCIe specification – 8 Gbps in both directions (Tx/Rx), per lane – thus enabling one PLX 48-lane Gen 3 switch to handle an astounding 96GBps of full peer-to-peer bandwidth. PLX’s Gen 3 switches also offer hot-plug controllers and a non-transparent (NT) port feature, which enables the implementation of multi-host systems in communications, storage, and blade server applications.
Features
- Multi Host Architecture
- High Performance and low packet latency
- End-to-end data integrity
- Flexible Configuration
- Hot Plug for High Availability
- SerDes Power and Signal Management
- Interoperability
- Multicast
PCI-SIG® Base Spec. | Part Number | Lanes | Ports | Temp. (C°) | Package Size (mm2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
r3.0 | PEX 8748 | 48 | 12 | 0° +70° | 27 x 27 |
r3.0 | PEX 8747 | 48 | 5 | 0° +70° | 27 x 27 |
r3.0 | PEX 8732 | 32 | 8 | 0° +70° | 27 x 27 |
r3.0 | PEX 8724 | 24 | 6 | 0° +70° | 19 x 19 |
r3.0 | PEX 8716 | 16 | 4 | 0° +70° | 19 x 19 |
r3.0 | PEX 8712 | 12 | 3 | 0° +70° | 19 x 19 |