The PLX product family Express lane PCI Express (PCIe) switches, provide serial high speed point to point connections between I/O devices and a microprocessor. They are supported by evaluation and system development kits for analysis, and testing. A PCIe switch allows the host to connect to multiple PCIe I/Os or endpoints, effectively creating additional PCIe ports. The development kit board connectivity is achieved by upstream and downstream ports.

Fully compliant with PCI Express base specifications
Highly flexible port configurations
Host centric and true peer to peer data transfer
Low latency transfer
Non transparent port capabilities
Low power