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San Jose, CA, 2006-09-26 - Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:
PSEM), a worldwide preferred supplier of PCI Express technology used for switching, timing, connecting, and signal integrity, will introduce and
demonstrate its new products on September 26-28 at the Fall Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco with devices targeted for a broad market including
blade and motherboard based servers, HBA and NIC cards, data storage, switch and router control planes, industrial and mainstream PC and laptops,
multi-function printers and print servers, test equipment, data acquisition, and telecom.
The Company will introduce its new Packet24™
family of PCI Express Packet Switches, as well as a dynamic mobile demonstration that illustrates external PCIe connectivity using the new Express Card
slot being adopted by laptop and other mobile form factors. This demo merges Pericom’s PCIe-to-PCI Bridge, PCIe Packet Switch and PCIe
Re-Driver.
“Pericom is pleased to add four new advanced performance PCIe packet switch products to our already industry leading
variety of PCI Express products”, said Bill Weir, Pericom Senior Marketing Director of Connect Products. “Continuing to expand upon our
PCISIG certified packet switch offering provides our customers with a higher performance and feature-set to fit their needs.” Pericom’s
industry unique PCI Express product offering is the most comprehensive and includes Bridges, Packet Switches, PHY, Re-Drivers, Signal Switches,
Clock/Timing solutions.
The PCIe Packet24 packet switch family consists of four different port and lane-count configurations: a 4-Port/24
Lane (PI7C9X20424); a 3-Port/24 Lane (PI7C9X20324); a 4-Port/16 Lane (PI7C9X20416); and a 3-Port/12 Lane (PI7C9X20312). The product family is
specifically designed for low latency, low power consumption, optimized PCB layout, and fully meets the requirements of the latest PCI-SIG PCIe 1.1 and
PCI 1.2 specifications. Unique features include attributes-data reporting, multiple switch fabric quality of service and configuration, special low-power and
power-down modes, and programmable lane assignments for x4 or x8 lane width capability on a per-port basis.
“Pericom’s latest
PCIe packet switch product additions should be well received in the rapidly growing PCI Express marketplace,” said Jag Bolaria, Senior Analyst at
The Linley Group, a respected silicon valley based semiconductor research firm. “The market for third party semiconductors is expected to be
several hundred million by 2009 and Pericom, with its multiple PCI Express product family presence has positioned itself to take advantage of that market
growth.”
Pricing and Availability:
Customers can receive further information on availability and pricing from
a Pericom sales representative, or by visiting the Pericom website at www.pericom.com/pciexpress
PCI
Express and PCIe are trademarks of PCI SIG. For more information visit www.pcisig.com
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