Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: PLX Technology Europe | Subject: PEX 8517
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 07 June 2006
Switch aids migration to
high-performance PCIe
The PLX PEX 8517 PCIe switch further enhances the usability of PCIe technology in networking, storage and graphics applications.
PLX Technology has announced the PLX PEX 8517, a PCIe switch that further enhances the usability of PCIe technology in networking, storage and graphics applications The newest member of PLX's ExpressLane line of PCIe switching and bridging devices providing designers with a migration path to high-performance PCIe, the PEX 8517 features five ports, 16 lanes and a streamlined second-generation switching architecture
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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