ExpressLane™ PCI Express Switches

gen2

ExpressLane™ PCI Express Gen 2 Switches offer the highest performance, Dual Cast, Read Pacing, lowest latency, lowest power consumption, integrated non-transparency, integrated Hot-Plug support, small flip-chip packaging and highly flexible configurations up to x16.

  • Highly Flexible Port Configurations
  • Lowest Power and Lowest Latency
  • Non-Transparent Port Capability
  • True Peer-to-Peer Data Transfer
  • Hot-Plug Support
  • Gen 2 performancePAK™
    • Dual Cast™
    • Read Pacing™
    • Dynamic Buffer Allocation
    • DMA-engine
  • Gen 2 visionPAK™
    • Performance Monitoring
    • Packet Generator
    • Measure SerDes Eye Width
    • Error Injection

PLX ExpressLane™ Gen 2 PCI Express compliant Switches

Part Number Lanes Ports Latency (ns) Dual Cast Read Pacing DBA* NT* DMA* HPC* VCs* SSC* Power Typ. (W) Package Size (mm2)
PEX 8604 4 4 190 Yes Yes Yes Yes -- ^^ 2 Yes 0.8 15 x 15
PEX 8606 6 6 190 Yes Yes Yes Yes -- ^^ 2 Yes 1.0 15 x 15
PEX 8608 8 8 140 Yes Yes Yes Yes -- ^^ 2 Yes 1.2 15 x 15
PEX 8609 8 8 140 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ^^ 2 Yes 1.2 15 x 15
PEX 8612 12 3 150 Yes Yes Yes Yes -- 2 1 -- 2.0 19 x 19
PEX 8614 12 12 140 Yes Yes Yes Yes -- ^^ 2 Yes 1.5 19 x 19
PEX 8615 12 12 140 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ^^ 2 Yes 1.6 19 x 19
PEX 8616 16 4 150 Yes Yes Yes Yes -- 2 1 -- 2.2 19 x 19
PEX 8618 16 16 140 Yes Yes Yes Yes -- ^^ 2 Yes 1.9 19 x 19
PEX 8619 16 16 140 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ^^ 2 Yes 2.0 19 x 19
PEX 8624 24 6 145 Yes Yes Yes Yes -- 3 1 -- 3.0 19 x 19
PEX 8632 32 12 145 Yes Yes Yes Yes -- 3 1 -- 2.8 27 x 27
PEX 8647 48 3 140 Yes Yes Yes Yes -- 3 1 -- 3.8 27 x 27
PEX 8648 48 12 140 Yes Yes Yes Yes -- 3 1 -- 4.0 27 x 27

* DBA = Dynamic Buffer Allocation; NT = Non-Transparency; DMA = Direct Memory Access; HPC = Hot-Plug Controllers; ^^ = Hot-Plug control via I2C; VCs = Virtual Channels; SSC = Spread Spectrum Clock Isolation; Gen 2 devices are fully backwards compatible to r1.1/1.0a

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PLX Technology is a member of the USB Integrator’s Forum (USB-IF), Advanced Switching Interconnect SIG (ASI-SIG), Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA), Intel Developer Network (IDN), PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturer Group (PICMG) and the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG).