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PEX 8619

16 Lane, 16 Port PCI Express Switch, 19 x 19mm PBGA
The ExpressLane™ PEX 8619 offers 16 PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) lanes, capable of configuring up to 16 flexible ports and fully conforms to the PCI Express Base Specification, rev 2.0. PEX 8619 architecture supports a high-performance DMA engine with four DMA channels and internal buffer space for internal descriptor support. Up to 256 descriptors are supported internally or alternatively descriptors can also exist in host memory. Each descriptor provides support for large transfer sizes (up to 128MB) giving the user the capability to perform very large data transfers in any direction (memory to device, device to device, memory to memory). PEX 8619 also supports cut-thru with the industry's lowest latency of 140ns (x4 to x1) and offers two virtual channels for traffic prioritization in the system. The device also features an on-chip Non-Transparent port for dual-host and failover applications and supports dual-clock domain operation by virtue of support for Spread Spectrum Clock (SSC) isolation, is offered in a 19 x 19mm 324-ball PBGA and is available in both leaded and lead-free packaging. This device supports Access Control Services (ACS).
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Related Gen 1 Devices
Related Gen 2 Devices
Supporting Documentation
- PCIe Technical Info & White Papers
- General PLX Product Documentation
- Support Documentation (Quality, FAQs, RoHS...)
Hot Applications
Failover Storage Systems
PEX 8619 Technical Documentation
| Document/Resources | Everyone Access | Requires Membership | Requires NDA | Description | Version | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Brief | Download | Product Overview | 1.3 | 05/09 | ||
| Data Book | Download | Detailed Technical Specifications | 1.0 | 07/09 | ||
| Design Notes | Download | Power Management Modes, PEX 8600 Products (white paper) | 1.0 | 04/08 | ||
| Download | Dual Cast, 8600 family feature (white paper) | 1.0 | 10/07 | |||
| Download | Read Pacing, 8600 family feature (white paper) | 1.0 | 10/07 | |||
| 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 | Implementing Multicast Using DMA in a PCIe Switch (white paper) | 1.0 | 01/09 | |||
| Download | Hardware Design Checklist | 1.0 | 11/09 | |||
| Download | Non-Transparent Mode: Setup & Demonstration (white paper) | 1.0 | 04/09 | |||
| Download | Quick Start Hardware Design Guide | 1.2 | 12/09 | |||
| Download | DMA Performance Metrics | 1.0 | 10/09 | |||
| Errata | Download | Silicon Errata List | 1.5 | 03/10 | ||
| Interoperability | Download | Interoperability Report | 2.0 | 06/09 | ||
| Application Notes | Download | Using Dual Cast feature of Gen 2 switches | 1.0 | 05/08 | ||
| Download | Gen 2 switch compatibility with Gen 1 devices | 1.2 | 11/09 | |||
| Part Numbers Listing | View HTML | Part Number, Listing and Compliance | -- | -- | ||
| Quality & Reliability | Download | RoHS 6/6 Certificate of Compliance (PEX8000 ending with the suffix F or G) | -- | -- | ||
| Download | Moisture/Reflow Sensitivity Classification (IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020D.1) | -- | 03/08 | |||
| Download | Lead-Free Material Analysis Data (19x19mm) | -- | 04/09 | |||
| Download | RoHS Certificate of Compliance (FCBGA) | -- | -- | |||
| Download | Reliability Qualification Report | -- | 06/09 | |||
| Download | RoHS Certificate of Compliance (PBGA) | -- | 01/10 | |||
| Download | RoHS 6/6 Certificate of Compliance (PEX86xx Flip Chip BGA products with a suffix \'F\') | -- | -- |
PEX 8619 Development Tools
| Document/Resources | Everyone Access | Requires Membership | Requires NDA | Description | Version | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Integrity Kit | Download | PLX Gen 2 Testing over "16 / 30" Tyco Comm Backplane (presentation) | 1.0 | 12/08 | ||
| Download | PCIe Receiver Equalization (white paper) | 1.0 | 12/08 | |||
| Download | Using PEX 8648 SMA based (SI) Card (white paper) | 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 | |||
| Rapid Development Kit (RDK) | Download | Hardware Reference Manual | 1.1 | 11/09 | ||
| Download | Baseboard RDK HRM | 1.0 | 04/09 | |||
| BSDL | Download | Boundary Scan Description Language files | -- | 03/09 | ||
| HSPICE Model | Download | HSPICE Model | -- | 04/09 | ||
| OrCAD | Download | Pinout List | 1.0 | 11/09 |
PEX 8619 Applications
| Application | Description | Document | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage | Failover Storage Systems | Non-Transparent Port for Failover and integrated DMA Engine for data movement | ExpressApps #65 (PDF) |
