PCI Express (PCIe) Gen 2 Seminar - IDT

Integrated Device Technology, Inc., (IDT) will be hosting a PCI Express technology seminar sponsored by Agilent and LeCroy. This PCI Express Gen 2 Seminar is targeted at system designers and hardware/software engineers looking for the latest information on PCI Express system designs.

This PCI Express Gen 2 Seminar will discuss the issues, demonstrate an implementation of the PCI Express 2.0 compliant 5GT/s serial I/O technology, and showcase IDT’s new System Interconnect Solutions.

Agenda of PCI Express Gen 2 Seminar:

• 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. — Gen2 PCI Express® Solutions from IDT 
  • Introduction to PCIe Gen2 standard and IDT Gen2 switches
  • IDT PCIe® Overview
  • IDT Gen2 PCIe timing solutions overview
  • Gen2 considerations: Clocking requirements, signal integrity, verifying jitter tolerance, link training, trace distances
     
• 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. — Lunch Break 
   
• 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. — System Interconnect Solutions
  • Developing multi-host systems using PCI Express switches
  • Address translation issues and IDT solutions 
     
• 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. — PCIe Switch Performance
  • Performance metrics and measurement techniques 
     
• 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. — Future trends - I/O Sharing and Virtualization 
   
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. — Live Demonstrations
  • IDT system interconnect switch demo
  • IDT Gen2 PCIe demo - PHY jitter and signal integrity
  • PCIe protocol analyzer demo - hosted by LeCroy®
  • Gen2 electrical demo - hosted by Agilent®

This PCI Express Technology Seminar will be held at the IDT headquarters in San Jose CA on Wednesday May 23rd from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. No charge to attendees, but registration is required.

Further reading and registration: IDT Gen2 PCI Express seminar