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Course Title: PCI Express Bus Architecture and Analysis

Date: Determined by Customer

Time: 2 days

Location: Customer Facility

Cost: Fixed price per class - Contact Silicon Control

Goals:

To obtain an in depth understanding of the PCI Express Bus Specification and the operation of the PCIE850 Bus Analyzer.

Course Description:

This 2 day course presents a comprehensive examination of all aspects of the PCI Express Bus specification and the capabilities and use of analysis tools. The following topics are covered:

1. Architectural Overview

a. Topology

b. Devices

c. Device Layers

d. Switches

e. Packets

f. Specification

g.Definitions

2. Transaction Protocol

a. Address Spaces

b. Routing

c. Protocols

d. Quality of Service

e. Arbitration

f.Flow Control

g. Ordering

h.Interrupts

i. Error Detection

3. Physical Layer

a. Electrical Layer

b. Logical Layer

c. Link Initialization

d. Link Reset

4. Power Management

a. Power States

b. Entering and Exiting States

5. Miscellaneous Topics

6. Mechanical

a. Form Factors

b. PCI Card

c. AMC

d. XMC

e. VXS

f. VPX

7. Analysis

a. Analyzer Overview

b. Analyzer Operation

c. Applications