PCI Express System Architecture

by MindShare inc., Ravi Budruk, Don Anderson, et al.

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321156307
• ISBN13: 9780321156303
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 1049 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Detailed and comprehensive

The book goes into detail in a progressive way so the text is well understood and not confusing. Crucial points are ofter repeated in the text so the careful reader or developer does not forget them.

PCI Express System Architecture

The book is well organized. The illustrative examples are very helpful. The contents of the book follow the specification very well but much better organized.

Perfect reference for PCIe newbie

I have 2 PCEe books and this one is the best one. I don't have any experience on PCI and PCI-X. This books really have a lot of basic stuff which is very good for PCIe beginners.

A good reference

I think this is the best reference to date, March 2, 06. I found one omission that was costly to fix however, when accessing memory under 4-Gig, you must use the short header with the 32-bit address. Intel chip set checks this, they're the bandwidth police. The book does not mention this.

PCI Express System Architecture/MindShare

PCI Express System Architecture by MindShare is simply a continuation of a great series of books. I have a complete set starting with their first release of ISA System Architecture back in the 80's.What makes this new book beneficial is that it really helps design engineers like myself to better understand a specification that's really not written with "design" in mind. Not to bash the PCI-SIG, but it's not in their charter to step engineers through design, rather they inform us about what these new interconnects entail and their strengths over previous architectures. MindShare takes over in this missing "education" area with their broad ranging books and classes.PCI Express System Architecture starts with a comprehensive overview of previous architectures, like PCI, 66Mhz/64bit PCI, PCI-X, DDR/QDR PCI-X. For a design engineer who's used to understanding old school North/South bridge chipsets, they now get a proper and clear introduction to Root Complexes, Switches, and newer I/O hubs.Other strengths of this book include an excellent section on the explanation of PCI Express's new QoS as well as both traffic and virtual classes.Physical layer is also explained well, broken into a logical chapter and electrical chapter. Complete transmitter and receiver characteristics are explained well. These are vital numbers to know for any PHY level designer. Link Training, Hot Plug, and Power Management chapters have been written in great detail and are clear and easy to understand.For those engineers who are designing add-in cards, this book also covers all the important connector pin-outs and signals, all the way up to x16 lane widths.My only wish is a more comprehensive section on Spread Spectrum Clocking, but you can't ask for everything....Good Job MindShare!