Broadcom PEX8608-BA50BC G

The ExpressLane PEX 8608 device offers PCI Express switching capability enabling users to add scalable high bandwidth non-blocking interconnection to a wide variety of applications including communications platforms, control plane applications and embedded systems. The PEX 8608 is well suited for fan-out, aggregation, peer-to-peer, and intelligent I/O module applications.

• 8-lane PCI Express switch
• Integrated 5.0 GT/s SerDes
• Up to 8 configurable ports
• 15 x 15mm², 196-ball PBGA
• Typical Power: 1.39 Watts
• PCI Express Base Specification r2.0 (Backwards compatible with PCIe r1.0a/1.1)
• PCI Power Management Spec r1.2
• Microsoft Vista Compliant
• Supports Access Control Services
• Dynamic link-width control
• Dynamic SerDes Speed Control
• Non-blocking internal architecture
• Full line rate on all ports
• Cut-Thru latency: 130ns
• 2KB max payload size
• Read Pacing (intelligent bandwidth allocation)
• Dual Cast
• Configurable Non-Transparent port
• Moveable upstream port
• Crosslink port capability
• 8 flexible & configurable ports (x1 or x4)
• Configurable with strapping pins, EEPROM, I²C, or Host software
• Lane and polarity reversal

• communications platforms
• control plane applications
• embedded systems
• fan-out
• aggregation
• peer-to-peer
• intelligent I/O module applications
• storage
• security
• mirroring
• High Availability (HA) applications