Tag Archives: PCIe

GaGe has filled out its line of PCIe digitiser boards – essentially ADCs for PCs – with three new dual-channel models: one with with 250MHz bandwidth and 14bit 500Msample/s sampling, and two 125MHz 250Msample/s models, one with 16bit resolution and the other 14bit. The “digitisers boast ENOB [effective number of bits] of ~11+ typical”, according to the company. Inputs are ...

AI chip maker Hailo has introduced a 208Top/s PCIe processor card for implementing neural networks, and an entry-level version of its Halio-8 IC. The PCIe cards, called ‘Hailo-8 Century’, execute at 400frame/s/W on the ResNet50 benchmark model, said the company, and the highest-performance version can run the same benchmark at 10,000frame/s. Versions start at 52Top/s, and video processing applications are ...

Diodes has created a series of automotive-compliant PCI Express 3.0 packet switches for in-vehicle networking. “The architecture used enables flexible port configuration with upstream, downstream and CDEP [cross-domain end-point] ports being assigned according to requirements,” according to the company. “They can connect with up to seven different endpoints and support multi-host applications.” PI7C9X3G606GPQ offers 6-port/6-lane operation, PI7C9X3G808GPQ 8-port/8-lane and PI7C9X3G816GPQ ...

Congatec has announced COM-HPC Size A and COM Express 3.1 Compact Type 6 computer-on-modules (table below) based on soldered BGA 13th generation Core processors from Intel. The company “expects series production of OEM designs based on these new modules to ramp up quickly as the new processors with long life availability offer improvements in many features, yet are hardware compatible ...

At last month’s Embedded World, the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturer’s Group announced plans to update the MicroTCA and new specifications for COM-HPC. By Caroline Hayes. The PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturer’s Group (PCIMG) is updating the MicroTCA specifications to meet evolving demands in the industrial, medical, science, aviation and transportation markets. As applications increasingly implement artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud ...

Transaction-level modelling can help with certification-level verification if an FPGA application is safety-critical, says Krzysztof Szczur of Aldec. FPGA designs for avionics applications are increasingly employing high-speed interface buses to deliver greater performance and, if the application is safety-critical, verifying the design for certification purposes is challenging. Avionics buses use serial rather than parallel data transfer to reduce the number ...

Tektronix has introduced “industry’s first PCI Express 6.0 compatible Base transmitter test solution, just weeks after the PCI-SIG working group released PCIe 6.0 Base specifications and validation requirements”, according to the test equipment company. For use at 64Gtransfer/s with DPO70000SX ATI oscilloscopes of at least 50GHz bandwidth, it includes PCIe 6.0 measurement-specific software, enhanced PAM4 DSP capabilities and tailored noise ...

An automotive cabling interconnect must be defined that will help transform PCIe from an intra-electronic control unit interface to an inter-ECU interface, say Michael Lu, Stefan Gianordoli, Tobias Kupka, Gunnar Armbrecht and Stephan Kunz. PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) continues to gain popularity in the automotive industry to address the critical high bandwidth and low latency computing demands of distributed ...

Diodes has introduced ICs that extend the physical range of PCIe 3.0 and SATA3 connections, while meeting Microsoft’s ‘modern stand-by mode’ requirements. Operating from a 3.3V rail, in stand-by mode, the 1-lane (or 2 channel) PI3EQX12902E consumes 1.7mW, which rises to 3.3mW for the 2-lane (4 channel) PI3EQX12904E. A pin selects PCIe 3.0 or SATA3 mode, and data rates up to ...

Diodes has announced the PI3EQX12904A, a PCIe 3.0 and SATA3 re-driver with linear equalisation that supports PCIe 3.0 up to 8Gbit/s and SATA3 up to 6Gbit/s. It features four 100Ω differential current-mode logic (CML) data signals and is transparent to link training. To reducing inter-symbol interference, receiver equalisation is pin-adjustable, as is output linear swing (to 1Vmax) and flat gain. ...