Microchip Technology, a US-based provider of embedded control and processing products has announced sample availability of its new PCI100x family of Switchtec PCIe Gen 4.0 switches.

The PCI1005 is a packet switch that expands a single host PCIe port to as many as six endpoints. The PCI1003 device enables multi-host connectivity through Non-Transparent Bridging (NTB), and is fully configurable to support 4-8 ports.

All devices in the series are compliant with the PCI-SIG Gen5 specification and operate at up to 16 GT/s.

Features include Automatic Error Reporting (AER), Downstream Port Containment (DPC) and Completion Timeout Synthesis (CTS). The devices are available in wide temperature ranges including commercial (0° C to +70° C), industrial (-40° C to +85° C) and Automotive Grade 2 (-40° C to +105° C) ambient ratings.

“The PCI100x family is a cost-effective solution that does not compromise on high performance and high reliability. It enables designers to take advantage of PCIe switch capabilities for mass market automotive and embedded computing applications,” said Charles Forni, VP of Microchip’s USB and Networking business unit. “In addition to these connectivity solutions, customers can get many critical components from Microchip including timing, power management and sensors.”

Source: Microchip Technology