Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Oxford Semiconductor | Subject: PCI Express endpoint to serial IC
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 23 October 2007
Single chip eases PCI Express migration
World's first single-chip PCI Express endpoint to serial RS232, 422 and 485 device is now sampling
Oxford Semiconductor has begun sampling the world's first PCI Express endpoint to serial RS232, 422 and 485 device. Engineering samples are with lead customers and the first of a complete family of new parts is scheduled to enter full production in January 2008. Adrian Braine, Oxford Semiconductor's Marketing Manager for Connectivity Solutions says: 'This single chip solution will be great news for any OEM wanting to migrate products from PCI to PCI Express'.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 October 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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'Until now, designers had to use two bridge chips, one for PCI Express to PCI and another for PCI to UART.
Eliminating the intermediate bridge enables a far more cost effective solution'.
Shipping PCI compatible serial bridge chips for more than a decade, Oxford Semiconductor is already well established in the product sector.
The company's own UART solution, the 16C950, is recognised as one of the world's fastest and is integrated into the new PCI Express product range.
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