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<strong>PCIe</strong> Link Attributes (continued)<br />

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Key design attributes for a <strong>PCIe</strong> Link are:<br />

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Lanes<br />

– A Link must support at least one Lane<br />

• Each Lane represents a set of differential signal pairs (Transmit<br />

and Receive)<br />

– A Link may aggregate multiple Lanes denoted by xN<br />

• Currently supported values of N are<br />

– x1, x2, x4, x8, x12, x16, and x32<br />

– A maximum of 80/160 Gbps of raw bandwidth in each<br />

direction<br />

Initialization<br />

– Link initialized in hardware (no firmware or OS software)<br />

– Link set up follows a negotiation of Lane widths and frequency<br />

of operation by agents embedded at each end of the Link<br />

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Symmetry<br />

– Each Link must support a symmetric number of Lanes in each<br />

direction<br />

Copyright by Dashcourses, Inc. 2009<br />

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