Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: PLX Technology Europe | Subject: Gen 2 PCIe switches
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 22 January 2008
PCIe switches sample the next generation
Second generation PCIe switches combine lowest power requirements, reduced packet latency and shrinking package footprint.
PLX Technology is sampling its eagerly awaited Gen 2 PCIe switches to a broad base of key customers across North America, Asia and Europe The high-performance chips set a new industry standard with a distinguished feature set, while maintaining leading specifications in lowest power requirements (down to 2.0W), reduced packet latency (to only 140ns), and shrinking the package footprint (to 19mm square)
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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