PCIe switches feature low power, low latency

PCIe switches feature low power, low latency

The PEX 8509 and PEX 8505 are eight-port, eight-lane and five-port, five-lane PCI Express switches. They are said to have the industry’s lowest power consumption, at 1.2 and 0.8 W, respectively.

The chips have a proprietary cut-through architecture that lowers latency to 118 ns for the 8509 and 138 ns for the 8505. They also feature three hot-plug controllers, true peer-to-peer functionality, and flexible, configurable ports. (Ea/prod qty: PEX 8509, $12; PEX 8505, $8samples available 2nd qtr.)

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