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PCI Express-Compliant Bridges

The PLX Technology PCI Express (PCIe) lineup features Forward/Reverse Switches & Bridges. All PLX PCI Express products are fully-compliant with the PCI Express Specifications.

Supported PLX PCI Express features include:

ECRC
Lane Reversal
Polarity Reversal
PCI Express Base 1.0a Specification Compliance

PEX8524 BBV Migration Design Note

**All PLX Rapid Development Kits are supplied with BB version firmware unless otherwise specified or requested.

PEX 8111 PCI Express Bridges

PEX8111 PCI Express-Compliant Bridges from PLX Technology

PCI Express to PCI Bridge
13x13mm PBGA & 10x10mm FPBGA packages
VGA-Enable Support
Forward and Reverse Bridging
Link and Device Power Management
8k Shared RAM
10x10mm PBGA Package
Low Power
0.4W Max Power
Small Package
Single PCIe Lane; x1 PCI Express Port
32-bit, 66MHz PCI bus Interface

Development Kits Available


PEX 8114 PCI Express Bridges			PEX8114 PCI Express-Compliant Bridges from PLX Technology PCI Express to PCI Bridge 13x13mm PBGA & 10x10mm FPBGA packages VGA-Enable Support Forward and Reverse Bridging Link and Device Power Management 8k Shared RAM 10x10mm PBGA Package Low Power 0.4W Max Power Small Package Single PCIe Lane; x1 PCI Express Port 32-bit, 66MHz PCI bus Interface
			Development Kits Available

PEX 8311 PCI Express Bridges			PEX8311 PCI Express-Compliant Bridges from PLX Technology 1-Lane PCIe to 32-bit, 66MHz Generic Local Bus Bridge Adds Scalable High-Bandwidth Interconnects Conforms to PCI Express Spcifications r1.0a Dual Independent Full-Featured DMA Engines Read-Ahead Mode Programmable Pre-Fetch Counters Deep FIFO Buffers Burst Rate up to 264 MB/sec Multiple GPIOs
			Development Kits Available

PEX 8516 PCI Express Switches

PEX8516 PCI Express-Compliant Switches from PLX Technology

Highly Flexible Port Configurations
16 Lanes Configurable in 4 Ports
Flexible x1, x2, x4, x8 Ports
Non-Transparent Port Capability
Peer-to-Peer Data Transfer
Two Virtual Channels per Port
Advanced Error Reporting
Hot Plug Support on all Ports
Fully Non-Blocking Switch Fabric
27mm x 27mm PBGA Package
3.5W Max Power

PEX8516 Product Change Notification

PEX 8524 PCI Express Switches

PEX8524 PCI Express-Compliant Switches from PLX Technology

24 PCI Express Lanes
Capable of Configuring to 6 Flexible Ports
Conforms to PCI Express Base Specification rev 1.0a
Adds Scalable, High-Bandwidth I/Os
Hardware Configurable
Software Programmable

PEX8524 BBV Migration Design Note

PEX 8532 PCI Express Switches

PEX8532 PCI Express-Compliant Switches from PLX Technology

Highly Flexible Port Configurations
32 Lanes Configurable in 8 Ports
Flexible x1, x2, x4, x8, x16 Ports
Non-Transparent Port Capability
Peer-to-Peer Data Transfer
Two Virtual Channels per Port
Advanced Error Reporting
Hot Plug Support on all Ports
Fully Non-Blocking Switch Fabric
35mm x 35mm PBGA Package
6.5W Max Power