The Complete Pci Express Reference: Design Implications for Hardware and Software Developers

by Ed Solari, Edward Solari

Offering detailed interpretations of the PCI Express specifications, this reference for hardware and software developers compares features of PCI Express with PCI-X and PCI, discusses implications of the layered architecture of PCI Express, explains routing of transactions, looks at new form factors and mechanical designs enabled by PCI Express, and shows how to implement traffic classes, virtual channels, and a PCI Express platform design. The authors are senior engineers and experts with PCI Express. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Paperback

Published January 1, 2003