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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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
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 | 1.3 | 05/10 | ||
| 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 | Schematic Design Checklist | 1.3 | 19Aug10 | |||
| Download | Quick Start Hardware Design Guide | 1.0 | 03/10 | |||
| Download | Non-Transparent Mode: Setup & Demonstration (white paper) | 1.0 | 04/09 | |||
| Errata | Download | Silicon Revisions and Errata List | 1.0 | 12/09 | ||
| Interoperability | Download | Interoperability Test Report | 1.0 | 10/09 | ||
| Application Notes | Download | Non-Transparent Bridging using PEX 8696, 8680, 8664 | 1.0 | 10/09 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Product Change Notification (PCN) | Download | PCN-2010-9: Heat spreader epoxy and flux solder bump | 2.0 | 06/10 | ||
| Part Numbers Listing | View HTML | Part Number, Listing and Compliance | -- | -- | ||
| Quality & Reliability | Download | Moisture/Reflow Sensitivity Classification (IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020D.1) | -- | 03/08 | ||
| Download | RoHS 6/6 Certificate of Compliance (PEX8000 ending with the suffix F or G) | -- | -- | |||
| Download | Certificate of Compliance, REACH and RoHS 5/6 Declaration | -- | 04/10 | |||
| Download | ICP Test Report | -- | -- | |||
| Download | Reliability Qualification Report | 2.2 | 11/09 | |||
| Download | RoHS 6/6 Certificate of Compliance (PEX86xx Flip Chip BGA products with a suffix 'F') | -- | -- | |||
| Download | Materials Analysis Report (35 x 35 FCBGA) | -- | 04/10 |
PEX 8696 Development Tools
| Document/Resources | Everyone Access | Requires Membership | Requires NDA | Description | Version | Date |
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| 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 | 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 | |||
| Download | PLX PCI Express over 30" of Legacy Backplane (white paper) | 1.0 | 07/08 | |||
| 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 | 1.1 | 10/09 | ||
| HSPICE Model | Download | HSPICE Model | -- | 04/09 | ||
| OrCAD | Download | OrCAD Library | -- | -- | ||
| Download | Pinout List | 1.0 | 11/09 |
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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