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SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A – News) today announced the industry’s first
fully integrated protocol viewing application for PCI Express® 3.0. The
software combines packet viewing and analog waveform annotation with
advanced packet and symbol searching capabilities in a single
oscilloscope-based tool.
The software helps engineers identify protocol errors and simultaneously
analyze analog waveform characteristics. This capability helps engineers
developing PCI Express 3.0-based products address potential issues early
in the design cycle and get their products to market faster.
PCI Express is most commonly used in workstation, server and desktop
computers supporting high-performance networking and graphics interfaces.
The 8 GT/s operating speed of PCI Express 3.0 devices causes significant
signal integrity challenges for designers. Often, signal integrity
problems occur intermittently, and they may present themselves as errors
in protocol behavior.
The Agilent
N8816A PCI Express 3.0 protocol viewer software provides
time-correlated views of physical and transaction layer errors. The
software performs 128/130 bit decoding on PCI Express 3.0 traffic and
displays serial packet data synchronized with the analog view of the PCI
Express 3.0 waveform using only an oscilloscope. The decoded waveform is
displayed directly on the analog waveform and in a list format with
associated time and index information. This combination of simultaneous
logical and analog views of PCI Express 3.0 data allows engineers to
quickly isolate signal-integrity-related causes of intermittent protocol
errors, saving time compared to doing the same task with a protocol-only
tool.
“We are pleased that companies such as Agilent are working to deploy
tools that offer visibility into the details of PCI Express 3.0 link
training and bi-directional packet viewing,” said Al Yanes, PCI-SIG®
president and chairman. “Tools such as these can help PCI-SIG members
test their PCI Express 3.0 products early in the design cycle, helping
to achieve product quality and interoperability.”
The Agilent N8816A PCI Express 3.0 protocol viewer software for
Infiniium 90000 Series oscilloscopes provides design and validation
engineers with packet-level decode for PCI Express symbols and offers
detailed packet decoding and visibility of low-level packet content.
The software:
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Supports packet decoding for PCI Express 3.0, 2.0, and 1.1
specifications. -
Provides visibility of link training detail, which is useful for
debugging speed change failures. - Provides bi-directional symbol and packet-level decoding.
- Allows engineers to save and analyze packet information off-line.
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Uses a unique packet-waveform correlation marker to make it easy to
scroll through waveforms to view synchronized packet and symbol lists.
“Agilent is pleased to provide the widest portfolio of products
supporting the PCI Express 3.0 specification in the industry,” said Sigi
Gross, vice president of Agilent’s Digital Test Division. “Our dedicated
support of the PCI-SIG and its members through committee and board
representation has helped us enable some of the earliest PCI Express 3.0
product development efforts. Tools like the N8816A help engineers solve
link training issues with a fast and easy user interface on a versatile
oscilloscope platform, improving time to market and delivering higher
product quality.”
Agilent’s Infiniium 90000 X-Series 16-GHz to 32-GHz oscilloscopes are
ideal for testing PCI Express 3.0 devices. They offer the industry’s
lowest noise floor, deepest memory and flattest response. Using the
90000 X-Series oscilloscope and the Agilent N8816A PCI Express 3.0
protocol viewer software, engineers can gain greater visibility into
their PCI Express 3.0 designs and protocol-related errors rooted in
physical layer anomalies.
Additional information about Agilent’s N8816A
PCI Express 3.0 protocol viewer software and other information on
Agilent’s total PCI Express 3.0 test solution portfolio is available at www.agilent.com/find/pciexpress.
Product images are available at www.agilent.com/find/pcie3_images.
A backgrounder covering PCI Express technology and Agilent’s test
solutions is available at www.agilent.com/find/pciexpress_backgrounder.
Agilent’s complete
portfolio of oscilloscopes is available in a variety of form
factors, from 20 MHz to 90 GHz. They offer industry-leading
specifications and powerful applications.
U.S. Pricing and Availability
The Agilent N8816A PCI Express 3.0 protocol viewer software is available
now with a price of $4,000.
Agilent’s Digital Test Standards Program
Agilent Digital Test Standards Program experts are involved in various
international standards committees, including the Joint
Electronic Devices Engineering Council, PCI-SIG,
Video
Electronics Standards Association, Serial
ATA International Organization, Serial Attached SCSI (T10), USB-Implementers
Forum, MIPI
Alliance, Ethernet
standards (IEEE 802.3), Optical
Internetworking Forum and many others. Agilent’s involvement in
these standards groups enables the company to bring the right solutions
to market when customers need them.
About PCI-SIG
PCI-SIG is the special-interest group that owns and manages PCI
specifications as open industry standards. The organization defines
industry standard I/O specifications consistent with the needs of its
members. More than 800 industry-leading companies are active members.
For more information and a list of the board of directors, visit www.pcisig.com.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A – News) is the world’s premier measurement
company and a technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences,
electronics and communications. The company’s 18,500 employees serve
customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $5.4
billion in fiscal 2010. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.
PCI Express and PCI-SIG are U.S. registered trademarks and/or service
marks of the PCI-SIG.
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