PEX 8524

Features:

􀂃 • 24-lane PCI Express switch
- Integrated SerDes
• Up to six configurable ports
• 31mm x31mm, 644 pin PBGA package
• Typical Power: 3.9 Watts 􀂃 PEX 8524 Key Features
• Standard Compliant
- PCI Express Base Specification, r1.1
• High Performance
- Non-blocking switch fabric
- Full line rate on all ports
• Non-Transparent Bridging
- Configurable Non-Transparent port for Multi-Host or Intelligent I/O Support
• Flexible Configuration
- Six highly flexible & configurable ports (x1, x2, x4, x8, or x16)
- Configurable with strapping pins, EEPROM, or Host software
- Lane and polarity reversal
• PCI Express Power Management
- Link power management states: L0, L0s, L1, L2/L3 Ready, and L3
- Device states: D0 and D3hot
• Quality of Service (QoS)
- Two Virtual Channels per port
- Eight Traffic Classes per port
- Fixed and Round-Robin Virtual Channel Port Arbitration
• Reliability, Availability, Serviceability
- 6 Standard Hot-Plug Controllers
- Upstream port as hot-plug client
- Transaction Layer end-to-end CRC
- Poison bit
- Advanced Error Reporting
- Lane Status bits and GPO available
- Per port performance monitoring
• Average packet size
• Number of packets
• CRC errors and more
- JTAG boundary scan




Application

Suitable for host-centric as well as peer-to-peer traffic patterns, the PEX 8524 can be configured for a wide variety of form factors and applications.

Description

24 Lane, 6 Port PCI Express Switch, 31 x 31mm or 35 x 35mm PBGAThe ExpressLane™ PEX 8524 device offers 24 PCI Express lanes, capable of configuring to 6 flexible ports. The switch conforms to the PCI Express Base Specification, rev. 1.0a. The 24-lane switch enables users to add scalable, high bandwidth I/Os to a wide variety of applications including servers, communications, storage, blade servers, and embedded systems. The device is hardware configurable and software programmable, allowing users to tailor their port configurations and QoS operating characteristics to suit their application requirements. The PEX 8524 is offered in a 31 x 31mm 644-ball or a 35 x 35mm 680-ball PBGA.PEX 8524 is available in leaded and lead-free packaging.