PEX 8516

Features:

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· 16-lane PCI Express switch
- Integrated SerDes
·Up to four configurable ports
· 27mmx27mm, 312 pin PBGA package
· Maximum Power: 4.36 Watts 􀂃 PEX 8516 Key Features
· Standards Compliant
- PCI Express Base Specification, r1.0a
- PCI SHPC Specification, r1.0
·High Performance
- Non-blocking switch fabric
- Full line rate on all ports
·Non-Transparent Bridging
- Configurable Non-Transparent port for Multi-Host or Intelligent I/O Support
· Flexible Configuration
- Four highly flexible & configurable ports (x1, x2, x4, or x8)
- Configurable with strapping pins, EEPROM, or Host software
- Lane and polarity reversal
· PCI Express Power Management
- Link power management states: L0, L0s, L1, L2/L3 Ready, and L3
- Device states: D0 and D3hot
· Quality of Service (QoS)
- Two Virtual Channels per port
- Eight Traffic Classes per port
- Fixed and Round-Robin Virtual Channel Port Arbitration
· Reliability, Availability, Serviceability
- 4 Standard Hot-Plug Controllers
- Upstream port as hot-plug client
- Transaction Layer end-to-end CRC
- Poison bit
- Advanced Error Reporting in addition to PCIe baseline error reporting
- Lane Status bits and GPO available
- Per port performance monitoring
• Average packet size
• Number of packets
• CRC errors and more
- JTAG boundary scan




Application

Suitable for host-centric as well as intelligent I/O applications ExpressLane PEX 8516 can be configured for a wide variety of form factors and applications.

Description

16 Lane, 4 Port PCI Express Switch, 27 x 27mm PBGAThe ExpressLane™ PEX 8516 is NOT RECOMMENDED FOR NEW DESIGNS. PLEASE USE THE PEX 8518.The ExpressLane™ PEX 8516 device offers 16 PCI Express lanes, capable of configuring to 4 flexible ports. The switch conforms to the PCI Express Base Specification, rev 1.0a. The 16-lane switch enables users to add scalable, high bandwidth I/Os to a wide variety of applications including servers, communications, storage, blade servers, and embedded systems. 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 8516 is offered in a 27 x 27mm 312-ball PBGA. The device is available in leaded and lead-free packaging.