PEX 8512

PEX 8612  Lead Free  PCI-SIG Integrator's List

12-Lane, 3-Port PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch, 19 x 19mm FCBGA

The ExpressLane™ PEX 8612 device offers 12 PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) lanes, capable of configuring up to 3 ports. The switch conforms to the PCI Express Base Specification, rev 2.0. The 12-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 8612 boasts the industry's lowest 12-lane PCIe Gen 2 latency at 150ns and unsurpassed performance with its non-blocking architecture, capable of supporting both host-centric as well as true peer-to-peer traffic. The PEX 8612 also features an on-chip Non-Transparent port for dual-host and failover applications, as well as two 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 8612 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 8612 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 1.1 09/09
Design Notes     Download Power Management Modes, PEX 8600 Products (white paper) 1.0 04/08
    Download Dual Cast, 8600 family feature (white paper) 1.0 10/07
    Download Read Pacing, 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 Quick Start Hardware Design Guide 1.2 10/07
    Download Hardware Design Checklist 1.2 04/10
    Download Non-Transparent Mode: Setup & Demonstration (white paper) 1.0 04/09
Errata     Download Silicon Errata List 1.8 22Jul10
Interoperability     Download Interoperability Report 1.0 05/08
Application Notes     Download Using Dual Cast feature of Gen 2 switches 1.0 05/08
    Download Gen 2 switch compatibility with Gen 1 devices 1.2 11/09
    Download Error Injection (White Paper) 1.0 04/10
    Download Using a PCIe Switch as a Bandwidth Bridge 1.0 04/10
Product Change Notification (PCN)     Download PCN-2008-10: Die revision -- 11/08
    Download PCN-2010-9: Heat spreader epoxy and flux solder bump 2.0 06/10
Part Numbers Listing View HTML     Part Number, Listing and Compliance -- --
Quality & Reliability   Download   RoHS 6/6 Certificate of Compliance (PEX8000 ending with the suffix F or G) -- --
  Download   Moisture/Reflow Sensitivity Classification (IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020D.1) -- 03/08
  Download   Certificate of Compliance, REACH and RoHS 5/6 Declaration -- 04/10
    Download Reliability Qualification Report -- --
    Download Lead-Free Material Analysis Data -- --
    Download Lead-Free Reflow Profile & Peak Temperature -- --
    Download RoHS 6/6 Certificate of Compliance (PEX86xx Flip Chip BGA products with a suffix 'F') -- --
    Download Lead-Free Material Analysis Data (19x19 HFCBGA) 1.1 --
    Download Materials Analysis Data, PBGA -- 04/09

PEX 8612 Development Tools

Document/Resources Everyone Access Requires Membership Requires NDA Description Version Date
Signal Integrity Kit     Download PLX Gen 2 Testing over "16 / 30" Tyco Comm Backplane (presentation) 1.0 12/08
    Download PCIe Receiver Equalization (white paper) 1.0 12/08
    Download Using PEX 8648 SMA based (SI) Card (white paper) 1.3 20Jul10
    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
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