PCI Express System Architecture Standard Textbook

Author: RaviBudruk/DonAndreson/Tomshanley
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This book comprehensively discusses the current popular third-generation peripheral component interconnect technology—PCIExpress, which is applicable to many systems and peripherals. It covers the information required for design, verification, and testing, as well as the background knowledge necessary for writing low-level BIOS and device drivers. MindShare is one of the leading hardware technology training companies, providing creative courses to dozens of companies, including IBM, HP, PLX, Sun, and Texas Instruments. This book is selected from the company's PC System Architecture series. The book first outlines the third-generation PCIExpress bus and the second-generation bus, along with their relationships and differences, and then comprehensively discusses the most popular third-generation bus currently on the market—PCIExpress. The main content includes: the development process and characteristics of the PCIExpress bus; the transaction routing method of the PCIExpress bus; the main protocols for data packet transmission and methods for implementing quality of service; transaction sequencing, interrupt handling, and error processing; a detailed description of the PCIExpress physical layer; reset, link training, and initialization; the external structure of expansion cards; power management of PCIExpress; and the configuration methods of PCIExpress. The appendices provide content on the testing, debugging, and validation of PCIExpress. The detailed description of the PCIExpress system architecture and the numerous examples listed in this book greatly help in understanding PCIExpress and conceptualizing its applications, making it an invaluable reference for hardware and software designers and technicians.