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PCI Express Connectivity Solutions Coming Soon from SIIG!
(Fremont, California; April 29, 2005) SIIG, the market leader in I/O connectivity products (including Serial ATA and Ultra ATA Controllers, FireWire®, USB, serial/parallel I/O, etc.) is proud to announce a new line of PCI ExpressTM connectivity products coming soon.
New Products To Market
SIIG’s first introduction of new products based on the new PCI Express architecture include the CyberSerial Dual PCI-E (SIIG part # JJ-E20011-S1) adapter (with user selectable power output that can be configured as RS232, RS232 with 5V or RS232 with 12V), the FireWire 2-Port PCI-E (SIIG part # NN-E20012-S1) adapter (2 external 1394a 6-pin ports), and the FireWire 2-Port PCI-E DV-Kit (SIIG part # NN-E20112-S1) that includes the same adapter as the FireWire 2-Port PCI-E and is bundled with Ulead VideoStudio DV editing software. All products will be built using a low-profile form factor 4-layer PCB board, conform to PCI-Express x1 slot design, and compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.0, and PCI Bus Power Management Interface Spec Rev 1.0.
Future PCI Express products are expected to include an expanded selection of serial port adapters, additional FireWire (800 & 400) adapters, Serial ATA II controllers (RAID & non-RAID), & much more.
About PCI Express
PCI Express was developed due to the increased bandwidth demand of new high-performance devices, exceeding the capabilities of traditional parallel buses such as PCI. PCI Express is a high-performance serial I/O interconnect designed to meet the bandwidth needs of these high-performance devices. Highlights of the features/specifications of PCI Express include*:
- • Compatible with established PCI software programming models, offering a smooth transition to new hardware and letting software to evolve to take advantage of PCI Express’ advanced features.
- • Bandwidth is scalable, 2.5 Gigabytes per second (per direction) at its initial signaling rate of 2.5GHz. Higher transfer rates in the future using higher frequency signaling technologies.
- • Support for multiple interconnect widths via 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16 and 32 lane configurations aggregated to match application bandwidth needs.
- • Support for hot-plug/hot-swap add-in card and module devices.
- • Advanced features such as Power Management, Quality of Service and others functions not available in other I/O architectures.
* Source – PCI-SIG PCI Express FAQ (http://www.pcisig.com/news_room/faqs/faq_express/pciexpress_faq.pdf)
