PEX 8625

PEX 8625  Lead Free  PCI-SIG Integrator's List

24 Lane, 24 Port PCI Express Switch, 35 x 35mm FCBGA

The ExpressLane™ PEX 8625 offers 24 PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) lanes, capable of configuring up to 24 flexible ports and fully conforms to the PCI Express Base Specification, rev 2.0. With 24-ports, the PEX 8625 is the largest PCIe switch in the industry serving the communications and networking markets. The PEX 8625 architecture implements Multicast as defined in the PCI Express Specification. With support for 64 multicast groups and 24 ports, the PEX 8625 provides the user with flexibility in the programmability of multicast, a required feature in the primary markets served by the PEX 8625. Any available port in the PEX 8625 can be the source of a multicast transaction based. PEX 8625 also supports cut-thru with the industry's lowest latency of 200ns (x1 to x1) and offers state of the art test and debug features which provide visibility into the various internal blocks including the SerDes. The device also features an on-chip Non-Transparent port for dual-host and failover applications as well as Virtual Switch Mode function for endpoint migration. The PEX 8625 is offered in a 35 x 35mm 1156-ball FCBGA and is available in lead-free packaging. This device supports Access Control Services (ACS).

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PEX 8625 Technical Documentation

Document/Resources Everyone Access Requires Membership Requires NDA Description Version Date
Product Brief Download     Product Overview 1.0 10/09
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 1.2 08/11
    Download Read Pacing, 8600 family feature (white paper) 1.0 10/07
    Download REXT Resistor Guidelines 1.1 05Aug11
Errata     Download Silicon Revisions and Errata List 1.2 03May11
Application Notes     Download Gen 2 switch compatibility with Gen 1 devices 1.2 11/09
    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   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 8625 Development Tools

Document/Resources Everyone Access Requires Membership Requires NDA Description Version Date
Interoperability     Download Interoperability Report 1.0 01/10
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
Software Development Kit (SDK)   View HTML   Software Development Kit -- --
BSDL     Download Boundary Scan Description Language files 1.0 10/09
HSPICE Model     Download HSPICE Model -- 10/09
OrCAD     Download OrCAD symbol library files -- 12/09
    Download Pinout List 1.0 11/09
Design Guidelines     Download PCB Layout Review Guide 1.0 11Oct11

Relevant Press Releases

Release Date Announcement
09/27/11 Industry-Leading PCI Express Compliancy List Grows with Addition of New Switch, Bridge Products
08/01/11 PLX to Present on PCI Express-SSD Storage at Flash Memory Summit
06/21/11 PLX and Avago Technologies Team-Up to Prove PCI Express over Fiber Optics at 64Gbps
11/08/10 PLX Announces Sampling of Industry's First PCI Express 3.0 Switches
10/18/10 PLX Techology Executive to Present at Linley High-Speed Interconnect Conference