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San Jose,
CA, 2005-02-04 - – Pericom Semiconductor
Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEM), a worldwide
preferred supplier of high-speed integrated circuits, today announced
participation at
the March Intel Developer Forum where they will
showcase their performance enhancing PCI Express Signal Switches.
Pericom’s PI2PCIE212 and PI2PCIE412 PCI Express Signal Switches
offer a way to allocate PCI Express bandwidth by allowing the
limited
PCI Express lanes from the root complex to be dynamically assigned
to different slots of a system, thus enabling the
allocation of bandwidth
at the same time. The conventional PCI Express Packet Switch does
not always include bandwidth allocation
features.
“When compared to a typical PCI Express Packet Switch, the
Pericom Signal Switch does not create much
latency other than a typical
trace delay,” explained Shaf Rahman, Pericom Marketing Director
. “On the other hand,
the Packet Switch needs to examine the
PCI Express header before it is able to switch a packet, thus creating
unnecessary delay.
The lack of latency of the Signal Switch can often
translate to higher performance over the PCI Express Bus.”
PI2PCIE212 contains two Differential Signal Switches, each with
one pair on the primary side and two pairs on the secondary side.
The Switch may connect the primary pair to one of the secondary pairs
according to the value of the select bit. PI2PCIE412 contains four
pairs of differential signal on the primary side, and eight pairs
of differential signal on the secondary side.
Availability and Pricing:
PI2PCIE212 and PI2PCIE412 PCI Express Signal Switches are sampling
now under NDA,
with pricing starting at $1.50 in 10,000 unit quantities.
For datasheets and additional information, please visit www.pericom.com/techsupport or
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About Pericom
Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEM) enables serial connectivity with the industry's most complete solutions for the computing, communications and consumer market segments. Pericom's analog, digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits, along with its SaRonix-eCera frequency control products are essential in the timing, switching, bridging and conditioning of high-speed signals required by today's ever-increasing speed and bandwidth demanding applications. Company headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with design centers and technical sales and support offices globally.
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