Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: PLX Technology Europe | Subject: PEX 8508
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 17 August 2005
Five-port switch brings PCI Express to
new tasks
The PEX 8508 is the first five-port PCIe switch for applications such as high-end printers, multichannel network adapter cards and notebook-docking stations.
New from PLX Technology, the ExpressLane PEX 8508 PCIe switch is claimed to achieve a new level of interconnect economy, flexibility and functionality Priced at under $15 in volume quantities, the eight-lane PEX 8508 enables a wider range of applications to take advantage of its five highly configurable ports, peer-to-peer switching and data-aggregation capability
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 2 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Designed to be fully compliant with the PCI Express Specification R1.1, the PEX 8508 is the first five-port PCIe switch for applications such as high-end printers, multichannel network adapter cards and notebook-docking stations.
Until recently, these applications were primarily the domain of conventional PCI; with the PEX 8508, new designs and those migrating from PCI now can feature PCIe's 2.5Gbit/s serial interface, point-to-point links, and advanced system management.