ALISO VIEJO, Calif.,
April 26, 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™ PFX-I Gen3 PCIe switches with
support for extended industrial temperature range. The new PM857x
PFX-I PCIe switches support the feature set of Microsemi's PFX PCIe
fanout switches, and are designed to operate in harsher
environments demanded by applications including automation,
defense, healthcare and industrial computing.
The Switchtec PFX-I extended industrial temperature PCIe Gen3
switch family has passed thermal cycle testing, interval testing at
various extreme temperatures and vigorous temperature humidity
testing of several hundred hours to ensure durability at different
humidity levels and wide temperature ranges. Thus, the switches
operate over an extended temperature range of -40 degrees C ambient
to 105 degrees C junction, supporting up to 48 ports, 48
Non-Transparent Bridges (NTBs), 24 virtual switches, advanced error
handling, hot- and surprise-plug controllers, dynamic port
bifurcation and dynamic partitioning.
"With the PFX-I family, Microsemi is expanding our addressable
application space for Switchtec PCIe switches into new markets
including industrial, security and defense," said Pete Hazen, vice president and general manager
of the data center division at Microsemi. "The extended industrial
temperature support enables use of our Switchtec family of PCIe
switches in an even broader set of applications that include harsh
environmental requirements."
Microsemi's new PFX-I device is ideally suited for a variety of
industrial and defense applications, such as medical imaging,
instrumentation, security and radars. According to market research
firm IndustryARC, the radar semiconductor market will grow from
$433 million in 2017 to $505 million in 2022. The firm expects the
equipment market for other industrial applications to continue
expanding as well during this forecast period, with medical imaging
anticipated to grow from $21.8
billion to $25.5 billion,
instrumentation to expand from $1.07
billion to $2.34 billion and
video surveillance to grow from $23
billion to $35.9 billion.
Microsemi's Switchtec PM857x PFX-I family comprises switches
from 96 lanes to 24 lanes, providing:
- The most flexible port bifurcation in the industry, from x2,
x4, x8, x16 lanes per port;
- The highest port density, NTB density, and switch partition
density;
- Advanced error containment and hot- and surprise-plug support
to prevent system crashes;
- Advanced diagnostics and debug features to identify, diagnose
and fix problems; and
- Separate Refclk Independent SSC (SRIS) for cabled PCIe and
lower cost system designs.
Product Availability
Microsemi's Switchtec PM857x
PFX-I extended industrial Gen3 PCIe switches are now in production
and available to order. For more information, visit
https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/storage/4019-pcie-fanout-switches
or contact
https://www.microsemi.com/company/request-a-quote-or-samples.
About Microsemi's PCI Express Product Portfolio
Microsemi is a premier supplier of high value-add PCIe products
including the scalable, low power, high-reliability PFX family of
PCIe Gen3 fanout switches, the programmable Switchtec PAX Gen3
Advanced Fabric PCIe Switches, and the low power, multi-protocol,
adaptive EQNOX™ family of signal conditioners with FlexEQ™
equalization technology supporting PCIe Gen3 and PCIe Gen2.
Microsemi's PCIe family is key to building low power and
high-reliability data center, communications, defense and
industrial servers; workstations; switches; routers; cellular
infrastructure and test equipment. For more information about
Microsemi's PCIe portfolio, visit
https://www.microsemi.com/product-directory/storage/4346-pcie-gen3-switches.
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 PFX-I Gen3 PCIe switches with support for extended
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