PEX 8624

PEX 8624  Lead Free  PCI-SIG Integrator's List

24-Lane, 6-Port PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch, 19 x 19mm FCBGA

The ExpressLane™ PEX 8624 device offers 24 PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) lanes, capable of configuring up to 6 flexible ports. The switch conforms to the PCI Express Base Specification, rev 2.0. The 24-lane switch enables users to add scalable, high bandwidth, non-blocking interconnection to a wide variety of applications including workstations, communications, storage, and embedded systems as well as intelligent I/O modules and add-in cards. The PEX 8624 boasts the industry's lowest 24-lane PCIe Gen 2 latency at 145ns and unsurpassed performance with its non-blocking architecture, capable of supporting both host-centric as well as true peer-to-peer traffic. The PEX 8624 also features an on-chip Non-Transparent port for dual-host and failover applications, as well as three on-chip Hot-Plug controllers, allowing users to implement single-chip solutions. The device is hardware configurable and software programmable, allowing users to tailor their port configurations and QoS operating characteristics to suit their application requirements. The PEX 8624 is offered in a 19 x 19mm 324-ball FCBGA. This device is available in lead-free packaging. This device supports Access Control Services (ACS).

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PEX 8624 Technical Documentation

Document/Resources Everyone Access Requires Membership Requires NDA Description Version Date
Product Brief Download     Product Overview 1.0 04/09
Data Book     Download Detailed Technical Specifications 1.2 19Oct10
Design Notes     Download Dual Cast, 8600 family feature (white paper) 1.0 10/07
    Download Dynamic Buffer Pool, 8600 family feature (white paper) 1.0 10/07
    Download Error Recovery and Fencing Mechanisms (white paper) 1.0 01/08
    Download Get More Out of the Intel Foxhollow Platform (white paper) 1.0 04/09
    Download Hardware Design Checklist 1.1 05/10
    Download Non-Transparent Mode: Setup & Demonstration (white paper) 1.0 04/09
    Download Power Management Modes, PEX 8600 Products (white paper) 1.0 04/08
    Download Quick Start Hardware Design Guide 1.2 10/07
    Download Read Pacing, 8600 family feature (white paper) 1.0 10/07
    Download REXT Resistor Guidelines 1.1 05Aug11
Errata     Download Silicon Errata List 1.9 16June11
Interoperability     Download Interoperability Report 1.0 05/08
Application Notes     Download Error Injection (White Paper) 1.0 04/10
    Download Gen 2 switch compatibility with Gen 1 devices 1.2 11/09
    Download Using a PCIe Switch as a Bandwidth Bridge 1.0 04/10
    Download Using Dual Cast feature of Gen 2 switches 1.0 05/08
    Download Using the Performance Monitor Feature (white paper) 1.0 07Jul10
Videos   View HTML   IO Sharing via PLX PCIe Switches -- Oct 2010
  View HTML   PCI Express 3.0 over Optical Cable -- Oct 2010
  View HTML   PCI Express Clustering for next generation data centers -- Oct 2010
Product Change Notification (PCN)     Download PCN-2008-10: Die revision -- 11/08
    Download PCN-2010-9-: ASEK Package Reliability Full Qualification Report -- 05Nov10
    Download PCN-2010-9: Heat spreader epoxy and flux solder bump 2.0 06/10
  Download   PDN-2011-4: Product Discontinuance Notice of select revisions/packages -- 22Dec11
Ordering Information View HTML     Part Number, Listing and Compliance -- --
Quality & Reliability   Download   Certificate of Compliance (CoC) -- REACH -- 28Jan11
    Download ICP Test Report -- --
    Download Lead-Free Material Analysis Data -- --
    Download Lead-Free Material Analysis Data (19x19 HFCBGA) 1.1 --
    Download Lead-Free Reflow Profile & Peak Temperature -- --
  Download   Material Analysis Data, Green (35x35mm) -- 15Feb11
    Download Materials Analysis Data, PBGA -- 04/09
  Download   Moisture/Reflow Sensitivity Classification (IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020D.1) -- 03/08
    Download Reliability Qualification Report -- --
    Download RoHS 6/6 Certificate of Compliance (PEX86xx Flip Chip BGA products with a suffix 'F') -- --
Webinars   View HTML   About PLX PCIe Gen3 Switches (may require Webex plug-in) -- 05Oct11

PEX 8624 Development Tools

Document/Resources Everyone Access Requires Membership Requires NDA Description Version Date
Signal Integrity Kit     Download PCIe Receiver Equalization (white paper) 1.0 12/08
    Download PLX Gen 2 Testing over "16 / 30" Tyco Comm Backplane (presentation) 1.0 12/08
    Download PLX PCI Express over 30" of Legacy Backplane (white paper) 1.0 07/08
    Download Tool provides loss estimation and bandwidth distortion for a specified trace distance and configuration. 2.0 06/08
    Download Using PEX 8648 SMA based (SI) Card (white paper) 1.3 20Jul10
Rapid Development Kit (RDK)     Download Hardware Reference Manual 1.1 05/10
Software Development Kit (SDK)   View HTML   Software Development Kit -- --
BSDL     Download Boundary Scan Description Language files 1.2 09/09
HSPICE Model     Download HSPICE Model 1.0 04/09
OrCAD     Download OrCAD Library 1.0 04/08
GERBER     Download Preliminary RDK Gerber files 0.83 02/08
Design Guidelines     Download PCB Layout Review Guide 1.0 11Oct11

Relevant Press Releases

Release Date Announcement
09/27/11 Industry-Leading PCI Express Compliancy List Grows with Addition of New Switch, Bridge Products
08/01/11 PLX to Present on PCI Express-SSD Storage at Flash Memory Summit
06/21/11 PLX and Avago Technologies Team-Up to Prove PCI Express over Fiber Optics at 64Gbps
04/11/11 Advantech Chooses PLX PCI Express Switches for Connectivity Based on Texas Instruments' TMS320C6678 Multicore DSP
11/08/10 PLX Announces Sampling of Industry's First PCI Express 3.0 Switches
10/18/10 PLX Techology Executive to Present at Linley High-Speed Interconnect Conference

PEX 8624 Applications

Application Description Document
Server and Storage Systems PCIe Fan-Out for SSD Apps ExpressApps #78
(PDF)
Systems Using the Intel Jasper Forest CPU High Lane/Port Count Fan-Out ExpressApps #72
(PDF)
PCI Express Packet Generator Transform PLX RDK into a Packet Generator ExpressApps #62
(PDF)
Storage Failover Storage Systems Dual Cast for Redundancy and Integrated Non-Transparent Port for Failover ExpressApps #61
(PDF)