PLX switched-PCI architecture Enables speed, expandability in new MAGMA PCI expansion system.PLX Technology PLX Technology, Inc., PLX Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLXT) is based in Sunnyvale, California, USA, and is currently the world’s leading supplier of PCI Express and other standard I/O interconnect semiconductors to the communications, server, storage, embedded-control, and (Nasdaq:PLXT) and MAGMA has announced that the PLX PLX Pharmacy, Laboratory, and Radiology (X-Ray) PLX Power Line Exchange GigaBridge Switched-PCI architecture has been designed into MAGMA's new PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). expansion system. The GigaBridge Fabric PCI Expansion System, a high-speed board set for PCI expansion, features seven PCI slots, a 64-bit data path, 66MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. operation, and up to 528MB/sec throughput to applications including computing, imaging, communications and audio/video editing. The GigaBridge-enabled PCI expansion system from MAGMA--the newest member of the PLX Partner Program--features a high-speed backplane with a single PCI bus PCI bus - Peripheral Component Interconnect segment supporting seven full-length PCI slots and delivering speeds up to four times faster than either Gigabit Ethernet or conventional 32-bit, 33MHz PCI. The system also includes a MAGMA daughtercard See daughterboard. daughtercard - daughterdboard with the GigaBridge GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. Switched-PCI 64-bit, 66MHz controller; host bus adapter See host adapter. and cabling. The full system provides original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with a versatile PCI expansion option for a variety of applications. "GigaBridge Switched-PCI technology continues to expand the boundaries of PCI in a broad range of applications, providing them with unprecedented performance," said Michael Sarpa, product marketing manager for Switched-PCI products at PLX Technology. "MAGMA has leveraged the power of switched-PCI in the new GigaBridge Fabric PCI Expansion System, whose speed and expandability will serve MAGMA's OEMs well." The PLX GigaBridge Switched PCI architecture enables PCI-based telecommunications, data communications and embedded systems to incorporate 224 PCI bus segments, aggregate tens of gigabits per second, and connect two adjacent PCI devices up to 15 feet away, via a high-performance link. A cell-based architecture with independent PCI bus segments connected to each port, each GigaBridge switched PCI controller can drive up to four PCI slots and interoperates with other GigaBridge controllers as ports on the Switched PCI systems. Each GigaBridge controller is linked via two 16-bit-wide, point-to-point, low-voltage-differential links clocked at 400MHz, resulting in an aggregate bandwidth of more than 50 gigabits per second. MAGMA is the newest member of the PLX Partner Program, which combines the expertise of a wide range of third-party suppliers to create and market development tools for new, high-performance systems using PLX's PCI interconnect chips and software. PLX Technology Inc. (www.plxtech.com), based in Sunnyvale, Calif., USA, is the leading supplier of high-speed silicon and software solutions for the networking and communications industries. The PLX solution includes industry-standard silicon, software for managing data throughout the PCI bus, rapid development tools that minimize design risk, and third-party development tool support through the PLX Partner Program. The PLX solution enables hardware designers and software developers to maximize system input/output (I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output ), lower development costs, minimize system design risk and provide faster time to market. PLX PCI I/O Accelerator chips and switched-PCI devices are designed into a wide variety of embedded PCI communication systems, including switches, routers, line cards, media gateways, base stations, access multiplexors and remote access concentrators. PLX customers include many of the leading communications equipment companies, including 3Com, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Hewlett Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Lucent Technologies, Marconi, Nortel Networks and Siemens. |
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