Microchip PCIe® Makes Integration Easier

Microchip PCIe^® Makes Integration Easier

PCI Express^® (PCIe^®) technology plays a critical role in enabling high-performance connectivity across AI, storage, telecom, industrial and embedded systems. As system requirements evolve, designers are challenged to balance performance, scalability and advanced functionality while staying within cost constraints. Microchip PCIe solutions address this challenge by enabling designers to achieve optimized performance, scalable connectivity and enterprise-class capabilities without unnecessary complexity or cost.

Maximize Value With Right-Sized PCIe Performance

Not every application requires the highest bandwidth available. In many systems, overprovisioning connectivity resources can increase overall system cost without delivering additional value.

Microchip PCIe solutions help designers align performance based on actual application requirements through an optimized mix of PCIe Gen 4, Gen 3, Gen 2 and Gen 1 capabilities. This enables developers to select the appropriate level of performance while avoiding the burden associated with bandwidth that may never be utilized.

By aligning PCIe performance with application needs, designers can optimize system power and signal integrity. This enables more informed design decisions that balance bandwidth, latency and connectivity requirements across server, industrial and embedded applications.

Achieve Scalable Connectivity Without Increasing Hardware Costs

As applications grow more complex, systems often require support for additional PCIe endpoints, accelerators, storage devices and peripherals. Expanding connectivity traditionally requires additional hardware, increasing both design complexity and system cost.

Microchip PCIe solutions enable scalable connectivity through PCIe expansion, packet switching, port splitting and flexible lane configurations. These capabilities allow designers to maximize existing PCIe resources while minimizing additional hardware requirements.

This approach enables efficient endpoint expansion across AI - Neural Processing Unit (NPU)/ Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), storage, telecom, industrial and embedded systems while helping maintain flexibility for future system growth. By leveraging existing infrastructure more effectively, designers can expand system capabilities without significantly increasing hardware investment.

Bringing Enterprise-Class PCIe Capabilities to Embedded Designs

Many modern applications require advanced features traditionally associated with large-scale data center environments. Capabilities such as high bandwidth, low latency, robust error handling and advanced diagnostics are increasingly important across a wide range of systems.

Our PCIe solutions bring these enterprise-class capabilities into practical, cost-sensitive designs. Our products deliver many of the advanced features found in larger data center switches in smaller lane-count formats that are well suited for a broad range of applications.

This enables developers to improve system reliability, simplify troubleshooting and support demanding workloads while maintaining affordability. The result is a practical path to implementing enterprise-class PCIe technology across the complete spectrum of next generation systems.

Build, Validate and Scale With Microchip PCIe Solutions

We offer a range of PCIe solutions designed to help customers optimize performance, expand connectivity and implement advanced PCIe capabilities, including but not limited to:

• PCI1008 – PCIe Gen3 and 4 packet switching for scalable connectivity and flexible system design
• PCI11101C – Single-chip PCIe Gen3 expansion integrating a USB host endpoint and programmable I/O
• PCI12000C – PCIe Gen3 port splitting for efficient lane and endpoint expansion

Our solutions help designers build smarter systems by balancing performance, connectivity and functionality while managing overall system cost.

Make PCIe Integration and Design Support a Competitive Advantage

Affordability does not have to come at the expense of performance, scalability or advanced functionality. With Microchip PCIe solutions, designers can optimize performance requirements, expand connectivity efficiently and leverage enterprise-class PCIe capabilities while maintaining cost-effective system designs.

Integrated functionality helps save development time, and reduce board space and system costs, enabling faster validation and more confident design decisions. Design teams can further accelerate design iterations with Microchip ChipLink and enhance design quality through the MicroCHECK design review service, helping bring products to market faster with reduced development risk.

For more information, visit our website and discover how Microchip can help you build, validate and scale PCIe connectivity for embedded applications.