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PEX 8625

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).
Supporting Documentation
- PCIe Technical Info & White Papers
- General PLX Product Documentation
- Support Documentation (Quality, FAQs, RoHS...)
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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 | 1.3 | 03/10 | ||
| Design Notes | Download | Power Management Modes, PEX 8600 Products (white paper) | 1.0 | 04/08 | ||
| 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 | Non-Transparent Mode: Setup & Demonstration (white paper) | 1.0 | 04/09 | |||
| Download | Quick Start Hardware Design Guide | 1.0 | 12/09 | |||
| Errata | Download | Silicon Revisions and Errata List | 1.0 | 12/09 | ||
| Application Notes | 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 | RoHS Certificate of Compliance (FCBGA) | -- | -- | |||
| Download | Reliability Qualification Report | 2.2 | 11/09 | |||
| 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 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 | 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 | 02/10 | ||
| 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 | Pinout List | 1.0 | 11/09 | ||
| Download | OrCAD symbol library files | -- | 12/09 |
