Teledyne LeCroy U.2/U.3 and M.2 Interposer Cards
For analysis of standard single-port and dual-port SSDs that support PCIe 4.0 spec
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on April 24, 2019 at 2:35 pmTeledyne LeCroy, Inc. announced the availability of U.2/U.3 and M.2 interposer cards for analysis of both standard single-port and dual-port SSDs that support the PCIe 4.0 specification.
When used with the Summit Protocol Analyzer, the U.2/U.3 and M.2 Interposer Cards enable the capture and analysis of all PCIe bus traffic between a host backplane and a single- or dual-port 2-1/2″ or M.2 SSD.
“The powerful and unique capabilities of this new interposer are most apparent when used in MultiPort mode, which gives the user time-synchronized protocol traces of both active ports of a dual-port drive, or active ports of two drives with a single protocol analyzer, reducing set-up time, simplifying trace comparisons and minimizing equipment costs,” said John Wiedemeier, senior product marketing manager, protocol solutions group, Teledyne LeCroy.
The firm was the first company to introduce a PCIe protocol analyzer with NVMe decoding functionality. Since that introduction, it has added decoding for SCSI Express (SOP/PQI) and SATA Express (AHCI/PCIe). The new U.2/U.3 and M.2 interposers support these protocols at data rates from 2.5GT/s up to 16GT/s and lane widths of two and four lanes.
“Integrating all three PCIe SSD technologies (NVMe, SOP/PQI and AHCI/PCIe) into a single protocol analyzer, with interposers for two key drive implementations (2-1/2″ and M.2), gives developers versatile tools that can show essential details regarding proper data transmission and bus performance. These tools have been critical for supporting the proliferation of SSDs in the cloud,” added Wiedemeier.
The U.2/U.3 Interposer supports up to four lanes in a standard PCIe 4.0 link configuration, or two ports each with two lanes in a dual-port 2-1/2″ sized SSD. The M.2 Interposer supports up to four lanes of an M.2 device with a single PCIe 4.0 link configuration or two ports each with two lanes in a dual-port 30, 42, 60, 80 or 110mm (all x30mm width) sized M.2 device.
The PCIe 4.0 U.2/U.3 and M.2 interposers are available to order.
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