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December 22, 2005
2005 Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
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Devic e Overview
The 89HPES24N3 is a member of IDT’s PRECISE famly of PCI
Expressbridging and switching solutions offering the next-generation
I/O interconnect standard. The PES24N3 is a 24-lane, 3-port peripheral
chip that performs PCI Express Base switching with a feature set opti-
mzed for high performance applications such as servers, storage, and
communications/networking. It provides high-performance I/O connec-
tivity and switching functions between a PCI Express upstreamport and
two downstreamports or peer-to-peer switching between downstream
ports.
Features
High Performance PCI Express Switch
N
24 PCI Express lanes (2.5Gbps), 3 switch ports
N
12 GBps (96 Gbps) aggregate switching throughput
N
Low latency cut-through switch architecture
N
Supports 128 to 2048 byte maximum payload size
N
One virtual channel
N
Fully compliant with PCI Express Base specification
Revision 1.0a
Flexible Architecture with
Numerous Configuration Options
N
Automatic per port link width negotiation to x8, x4, x2 or x1
N
Port arbitration schemes utilizing round robin or weighted
round robin algorithms
N
Static lane reversal on all ports
N
Polarity inversion
N
Ability to load device configuration from serial EEPROM
Legacy Support
N
PCI compatible INTx emulation
N
Bus locking
Highly Integrated Solution
N
Integrates 24 2.5 Gbps embedded SerDes, 8B/10B encoder/
decoder (no separate transceivers needed)
N
Incorporates on-chip internal memory for packet buffering
and queueing
N
Requires no external components
Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS)
Features
N
Internal end-to-end parity protection on all TLPs ensures
data integrity even in systems that do not implement end-to-
end CRC (ECRC)
N
ECRC passed through
N
Supports PCI Express Native Hot-Plug
–
Compatible with Hot-Plug I/O expanders used on PC mother-
boards
N
Hot-Swap capable I/O
Block Diagram
Figure 1 Internal Block Diagram
24 PCI Express Lanes
x8 Upstream Port and Two x8 Dow nstream Ports
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
...
Multiplexer / Demultiplexer
3-Port Switch Core
Frame Buffer
Route Table
Port
Arbitration
Scheduler
Transaction Layer
Data Link Layer
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
...
Multiplexer / Demultiplexer
Transaction Layer
Data Link Layer
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
SerDes
Phy
Logical
Layer
...
Multiplexer / Demultiplexer
Transaction Layer
Data Link Layer
89PES24N3
Product Brief
24-Lane 3-Port PCI Express
Switch