PCI Express™ Architecture Overview

PCI Express™ Architecture Overview
Jan/Feb 2003




PCI Express Architecture
Overview

Al Yanes
IBM
President, PCI-SIG
 Agenda
Requirements
PCI Express Architectural Overview
PhysicalLayer
Transaction and Data Link Layers
Mechanicals and Form Factors

Call to Action
 PCI History
PCI Express 1.0
PCI 2.3, 3.0
PCI-X 1.0b, 2.0 2002
2001
z Hot Plug 1.1
PCI-X 1.0