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PCIe Devices - PLX Technology

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<strong>PCIe</strong> Compatibility and New Features<br />

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<strong>PCIe</strong> is backwards compatible at the binary level<br />

with PCI and PCI-X<br />

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Configuration space, commands, and device access are<br />

indistinguishable<br />

– <strong>PCIe</strong> adds a mandatory new register set and several optional<br />

register sets<br />

• Provides foundation for most of <strong>PCIe</strong> new features<br />

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<strong>PCIe</strong> hardware interconnect is entirely new<br />

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High speed serial interconnect<br />

– Can be striped providing speed enhancements (scaling)<br />

• Signaling enhancements are planned<br />

Introduces a three layer protocol stack<br />

– Provides end-to-end, point-to-point, and electrical service<br />

• Protocol stack mostly built in hardware and silicon<br />

Copyright by Dashcourses, Inc. 2009<br />

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