Microchip Technology, Inc. XpressConnect™ PCIe® Gen 5 and CXL Retimers PM8659

XpressConnect™ Retimers provide best-in-class signal conditioning for PCI Express® 5.0 and Compute Express Link™ 1.1/2.0 interconnects and support Intel's® PCIe 5.0 Retimer Supplemental Features and Standard BGA Footprint specification. XpressConnect Retimers triple the reach of PCIe Gen 5 electrical signals with minimal impact to latency to enable the most demanding computational workloads in artificial intelligence, machine learning, communication systems and high-performance computing applications. XpressConnect Retimers support x1/x2/x4/x8/x16 bifurcation to connect to a wide range of PCIe and CXL devices. XpressConnect Retimers delivers the industry's lowest latency retimer solution with over 80% lower latency than the PCIe specification to maximize performance for PCIe and CXL devices. XpressConnect Retimers includes comprehensive diagnostics features, multiple configuration options, a simple management interface and low power to reduce total cost of ownership during design, bring-up, validation and production. XpressConnect Retimers are ideal for enterprise servers, PCIe NVMe enclosures, all Flash NVMe arrays, PCIe fabrics, CXL accelerator/memory solutions, and other applications that require low latency, low power and secure PCIe and CXL retiming. Additional Features PCIe and CXL Features Intel PCIe 5.0 Retimer Supplemental Features and Standard BGA Footprint Specification PCIe Express 3.0/4.0/5.0 Compute Express Link 1.1/2.0 >80% lower latency than PCIe specification Bifurcation/link subdivision (x1/x2/x4/x8/x16) Automatic detection of pseudo port orientation Lane reversal and lane polarity inversion Passive copper and active optical cable support Receiver detection bypass Diagnostics and Debug ChipLink™ Diagnostics Tool compatible with Windows®, Linux® and Mac® OS X Real-time eye capture LTSSM state machine logs and triggers PCIe link EQ logs Pattern generation, detection and error injection Receiver lane margining PCIe loopback Real-time error injection Management and Configuration Dynamic configuration via BMC to SMBus Static configuration through SMBus, I2C EEPROM Pin straps to select configuration settings Status pins for visual indication of device status Analog preset tuning Clocking and Power Common, SRIS and SRNS clocking One input and one output PCIe reference clock Asynchronous upstream/downstream clocking L1 PM sub states (Link power management) Security Embedded security features