PEX 8696
96-Lane, 24-Port PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch, 35 x 35mm FCBGA
The ExpressLane™ PEX 8696 device is the industry's first PCIe switch to offer 96 PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) lanes, capable of configuring up to 24 flexible ports. The switch conforms to the PCI Express Base Specification, rev 2.0. The 96-lane switch enables users to add scalable, high bandwidth, non-blocking interconnection to a wide variety of applications including servers, communications, storage, blade servers, and embedded systems. The PEX 8696 supports the PCI-SIG defined Multicast protocol for PCI Express as well as Multi-root architecture supporting up to eight upstream ports for backplane applications. The PEX 8696 also features an on-chip Non-Transparent port for dual-host and failover applications, as well as four on-chip Hot-Plug controllers, allowing users to implement single-chip solutions. 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 8696 is offered in a 35 x 35mm 1156-ball FCBGA. This device is available in lead-free packaging. This device supports Access Control Services (ACS).
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Usage Models
Suitable for multi-host systems, communications and storage
PEX 8696 Technical Documentation
| Document/Resources | Everyone Access | Requires Membership | Requires NDA | Description | Version | Date |
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| Product Brief | Download | Product Overview | 1.1 | 05/09 | ||
| Data Book | Download | Detailed Technical Specifications | 1.4 | 19Nov10 | ||
| Design Notes | Download | Dynamic Buffer Pool, 8600 family feature (white paper) | 1.0 | 10/07 | ||
| Download | Error Recovery and Fencing Mechanisms (white paper) | 1.0 | 01/08 | |||
| Download | Non-Transparent Mode: Setup & Demonstration (white paper) | 1.0 | 04/09 | |||
| Download | Power Management Modes, PEX 8600 Products (white paper) | 1.0 | 04/08 | |||
| Download | Quick Start Hardware Design Guide | 1.0 | 03/10 | |||
| Download | Read Pacing, 8600 family feature (white paper) | 1.0 | 10/07 | |||
| Download | REXT Resistor Guidelines | 1.1 | 05Aug11 | |||
| Download | Schematic Design Checklist | 1.3 | 19Aug10 | |||
| Errata | Download | Silicon Revisions and Errata List | 1.2 | 3May11 | ||
| Interoperability | Download | Interoperability Test Report | 1.0 | 10/09 | ||
| Application Notes | Download | Gen 2 switch compatibility with Gen 1 devices | 1.2 | 11/09 | ||
| Download | Non-Transparent Bridging using PEX 8696, 8680, 8664 | 1.0 | 10/09 | |||
| Download | Using a PCIe Switch as a Bandwidth Bridge | 1.0 | 04/10 | |||
| Videos | View HTML | IO Sharing via PLX PCIe Switches | -- | Oct 2010 | ||
| View HTML | PCI Express 3.0 over Optical Cable | -- | Oct 2010 | |||
| View HTML | PCI Express Clustering for next generation data centers | -- | Oct 2010 | |||
| Product Change Notification (PCN) | Download | PCN-2010-9-: ASEK Package Reliability Full Qualification Report | -- | 05Nov10 | ||
| Download | PCN-2010-9: Heat spreader epoxy and flux solder bump | 2.0 | 06/10 | |||
| Download | PCN-2010-14: Final Test Location (ASE Kaohsiung Taiwan) | 1.0 | 26Oct10 | |||
| Ordering Information | View HTML | Part Number, Listing and Compliance | -- | -- | ||
| Quality & Reliability | Download | Certificate of Compliance (CoC) -- REACH | -- | 28Jan11 | ||
| Download | ICP Test Report | -- | 27Sep10 | |||
| Download | ICP Test Report (Green parts) | -- | 24Feb11 | |||
| Download | Material Analysis Data, Green (35x35mm) | -- | 15Feb11 | |||
| Download | Materials Analysis Report (35 x 35 FCBGA) | -- | 04/10 | |||
| Download | Moisture/Reflow Sensitivity Classification (IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020D.1) | -- | 03/08 | |||
| Download | Pb-Free Bump Reliability Full Package Qualification Report | 2.2 | 09Sep11 | |||
| Download | PCN-2010-14a: Final Test Correlation Report | -- | 21Apr11 | |||
| Download | Reliability Qualification Report | 2.2 | 11/09 | |||
| Download | RoHS 6/6 Certificate of Compliance (PEX86xx Flip Chip BGA products with a suffix 'F') | -- | -- | |||
| Webinars | View HTML | About PLX PCIe Gen3 Switches (may require Webex plug-in) | -- | 05Oct11 |
PEX 8696 Development Tools
| Document/Resources | Everyone Access | Requires Membership | Requires NDA | Description | Version | Date |
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| Signal Integrity Kit | Download | PCIe Receiver Equalization (white paper) | 1.0 | 12/08 | ||
| Download | PLX Gen 2 Testing over "16 / 30" Tyco Comm Backplane (presentation) | 1.0 | 12/08 | |||
| Download | PLX PCI Express over 30" of Legacy Backplane (white paper) | 1.0 | 07/08 | |||
| Download | Tool provides loss estimation and bandwidth distortion for a specified trace distance and configuration. | 2.0 | 06/08 | |||
| Download | Using PEX 8648 SMA based (SI) Card (white paper) | 1.3 | 20Jul10 | |||
| Rapid Development Kit (RDK) | Download | Hardware Reference Manual | 1.2 | 03/10 | ||
| Download | OrCAD Design Files for RDK | -- | 03Mar11 | |||
| Software Development Kit (SDK) | View HTML | Software Development Kit | -- | -- | ||
| BSDL | Download | Boundary Scan Description Language files | 1.1 | 10/09 | ||
| HSPICE Model | Download | HSPICE Model | -- | 04/09 | ||
| OrCAD | Download | OrCAD Library | -- | -- | ||
| Download | Pinout List | 1.0 | 11/09 | |||
| Design Guidelines | Download | PCB Layout Review Guide | 1.0 | 11Oct11 |
Relevant Press Releases
PEX 8696 Applications
| Application | Description | Document | |
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| Systems Using the Intel Jasper Forest CPU | High Lane/Port Count Fan-Out | ExpressApps #72 (PDF) |
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| Using Multicast in PCIe systems | Multicast, and up to 5 upstream ports, provide efficient CPU utilization and failover | ExpressApps #71 (PDF) |
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| Server and Storage Systems | Failover for Server and Storage systems using x16 port PCIe switches | ExpressApps #68 (PDF) |
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| Failover System Using Multi-Root | Up to 8 upstream ports provide failover and efficient CPU utilization | ExpressApps #67 (PDF) |
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