PLX Technology
PLX Technology NASDAQ: PLXT is an integrated circuit company based in Sunnyvale, California. It supplies system-interconnect silicon-based semiconductors and firmware for the enterprise communications, storage, server, computer, embedded-control, and consumer storage markets. PLX serial protocol solutions include technology based on 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express, USB, SATA, and FireWire.
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Products [edit]
Input/output [edit]
FastLane PCI 6000 series bridges allow more devices to be attached to the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, and provide the ability to include intelligent adapters on a PCI bus. The PCI 9000 Series provide bus bridges for bothTargets and Masters. The ExpressLane PCI Express (PCIe) product family offers configurable switches and bridges.[1]
The NetChip Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controllers, acquired by PLX and now identified as a product family, are used in printers, portable media players, GPS systems, TV tuners, PCs, laptops, notebooks, netbooks, WLAN devices, mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders.[1]
Consumer [edit]
PLX, through its acquisition of Oxford Semiconductor in January 2009, designs and manufactures Network-attached storage (NAS) and Direct Attached Storage (DAS) hardware and firmware for consumer storage.[1][2]
Ethernet [edit]
PLX purchased the Teranetics company in 2010. Products from this merger support physical layer connection to 10 Gigabit Ethernet known as 10GBASE-T, using Category 6 cable or Category 7 cable.[3][4]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c "PLX Technology". official web site. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ John Walko (January 5, 2009). "PLX completes acquisition of Oxford Semi". EE Times. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ "Teranetics". official web site. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ Rick Merritt (September 23, 2009). "PLX acquires Teranetics in $36M deal". EE Times. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
External links [edit]
- [1] (PLX Archive)
- Intelligent Switches: The Next-Generation PCI Express Interconnect (RTC magazine)
- DMA in PCIe Switches Boosts Performance in Demanding Applications (Electronic Products - SemiApps magazine)
- PCIe expands interconnect potential for next-gen systems (EE Times India)
- The PCI Express switch and bridge landscape. Switches expand into bridging, and Gen 2 offers simplification opportunities (Electronic Products magazine)
- Expanding Atom's PCI Express lanes (Small Form Factor magazine)
- Get bandwidth relief in PCIe systems (Embedded Systems Design)
- PCIe Switching Technology Tackles Industrial Market (Semiconductor Applications–Hearst)
- IO Virtualization and Convergence in Consolidating Data Centers (Data Center Journal)
- Dualcast and Multicast Unblock Bottlenecks in Diverse Applications (Computer Technology Review)
- System Performance in Host-Centric Applications (EE Times)
- Crossing the Bridge to PCIe Switches (Electronic Design Europe)
- Free up bandwidth in PCI Express designs (Embedded.com and Embedded Systems Design)
- Blind prefetching improves PCI Express-to-PCI-bridge performance (EDN magazine)
- PCIe switches with integrated instrumentation speed product development (Embedded Computing)
