ALISO VIEJO, Calif.,
March 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of
semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security,
reliability and performance, today announced the availability of
its Switchtec PCIe Gen 4 development platform. Microsemi's new
development platform enables customers to immediately begin PCIe
Gen 4 system hardware designs based on the company's PCIe Gen 4
switch and develop firmware using its Switchtec software
development kit (SDK).
PCIe Gen 4 represents an exciting new advancement in
input/output (I/O) technology and is expected to be widely adopted
across a wide range of data center and automotive advanced driver
assistance systems (ADAS) equipment utilizing processing and
peripheral devices such as graphics processing units (GPUs),
central processing units (CPUs), network interface cards (NICs),
NVM Express (NVMe) solid state drives (SSDs), storage controllers,
automotive cameras and Infotainment. Applications such as
artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as
traditional enterprise workloads utilizing networking, storage and
offload processors, all benefit from the increased bandwidth of
PCIe Gen 4 systems. Market research firm Gartner estimates the
worldwide IT data center systems equipment segment to be greater
than $170 billion in 2018.
"Microsemi's Switchtec PCIe Gen 4 development platform is a
compelling tool for customers to accelerate their PCIe Gen 4
designs and reduce risk in both hardware and firmware development,
ultimately enabling our customers to get to market faster," said
Andrew Dieckmann, vice president
marketing, data center solutions, at Microsemi. "We are excited to
continue our leadership and innovation in the PCIe switch market
with our Switchtec solutions differentiated by enhanced
diagnostics, solution programmability and low power."
Microsemi's Switchtec PCIe Gen 4 family comprises switches from
96 lanes to 24 lanes, providing:
- High port density with up to 48 ports and 48 NTBs
- Flexible port bifurcation, from x2 to x16 lanes per port
- Switch partition capabilities with up to 24 switch
partitions
- Advanced error reporting
- Error containment for surprise-plug and unplug to prevent
system crashes
- Advanced diagnostics and debug features to identify, diagnose
and fix problems
Product Availability
Microsemi's Switchtec PCIe Gen 4 development platform is available
now to select lead customers. For more information, contact sales
support at
https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/support/4195-contact-support.
About Microsemi's Product Portfolio for Data
Center
Microsemi is a premier supplier of innovative
semiconductor, board, system, software and services for enterprise
and hyperscale data centers, enabling high performance, secure, low
power and reliable infrastructure for scalable deployments.
Microsemi technologies drive innovation in applications including
storage systems, server storage, NVMe solutions, Ethernet
switching, rack scale architecture, data center interconnect, board
management, network timing and power subsystems. Building on a
track record of technology leadership, Microsemi's data center
infrastructure portfolio is transforming networks that connect,
store and move big data, while lowering the total cost of ownership
of deploying next generation services.
The portfolio includes high performance NVMe storage
controllers, NVRAM drives, SAS/SATA host bus adapters and RAID
controllers enabling high capacity storage architectures, high
density PCIe switching and firmware for rack scale architectures,
PCIe re-drivers, and Ethernet PHYs for intra-rack connectivity.
Microsemi's product portfolio also includes clock and power
management, IEEE1588 integrated circuits (ICs) and NTP servers for
synchronization across the data center, as well as field
programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and system-on-chip (SoC) FPGAs to
perform secure system management of servers and storage. For more
information, visit
http://www.microsemi.com/applications/data-center.
About Microsemi
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) offers a comprehensive
portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for aerospace &
defense, communications, data center and industrial markets.
Products include high-performance and radiation-hardened analog
mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs and ASICs; power
management products; timing and synchronization devices and precise
time solutions, setting the world's standard for time; voice
processing devices; RF solutions; discrete components; enterprise
storage and communication solutions, security technologies and
scalable anti-tamper products; Ethernet solutions;
Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well as custom design
capabilities and services. Microsemi is headquartered in
Aliso Viejo, California, and has
approximately 4,800 employees globally. Learn more at
www.microsemi.com.
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Switchtec PCIe Gen 4 development platform, and its potential
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