PEX 8532

Features:

•32-lane PCI Express switch
- Integrated SerDes
• Up to eight configurable ports
• (x1, x2, x4, x8, x16)
• 35mmx35mm, 680 pin PBGA package
• Typical Power: 5.7 Watts 􀂃 PEX 8532 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
- Eight 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 (RAS)
- Eight Standard Hot-Plug Controllers
- Upstream port as hot-plug client
- Transaction Layer end-to-end CRC
- Poison bit
- Advanced Error Reporting
- 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 ExpressLane PEX 8532 can be configured for a wide variety of form factors and applications.

Description

32 Lane, 8 Port PCI Express Switch, 35 x 35mm PBGAThe ExpressLane™ PEX 8532 device offers 32 PCI Express lanes, capable of configuring up to 8 flexible ports. The switch conforms to the PCI Express Base Specification, rev 1.0a. The 32-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 8532 is offered in a 35 x 35mm 680-ball PBGA. PEX 8532 is available in leaded and lead-free packaging.