BusinessWire
July 14, 2005 05:02 AM US Pacific Timezone

Genesys Logic First to Market with PCI Express PIPE PHY Chip

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 2005--Genesys Logic, Inc. (GLI) the high speed I/O communications specialist, today announced full production and availability of its PCI Express GigaCourier(TM) GL9711 integrated circuit (IC). The device provides PCB developers, for the first time, with an access speed of 2.5Gbps and a 125MHz/16-bit or 250MHz/8-bit PIPE interface.

"The availability of our latest version of the GigaCourier, GL9711 1-lane PIPE PHY chips, allows FPGA designers to take full advantage of the high-speed PCI Express standard," said Jerry Chen, Director of Technology at Genesys Logic. "The GL9711 is the first PCI Express 1-lane PIPE PHY discrete chip in the industry implemented in a 0.18 micron standard digital CMOS process and is already supported by key core logic IP partners in the US and Japan."

This first discrete solution to the PCI express standard is available immediately and priced around $5.00 in quantities of 25,000.

GL9711 and the soon-to-be-released GL9714 4-lane version, fully comply with both the PCI Express(TM) Base Specification Revision 1.0a and the PHY Interface for the PCI Express (PIPE) Architecture version 1.0 from Intel. The GL9714, available in Q4, 2005 will be a four-lane transceiver, to be designed in as either 8/16/32 lanes configuration to meet the demand of various bandwidth specifications for networking, graphics, storage, and many other high-speed applications.

About Genesys Logic

Founded in 1997, Genesys Logic, Inc. develops system controller ICs and interface controller ICs for high-speed I/O applications, such as USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, PCIe, Serial ATA up to 3.0GBs and others. As a leader and a pioneer in the USB 2.0 market, the company receives the most USB 2.0 certifications among the worldwide manufacturers, and has sold more than 150 million chips in its history. Since 2002, Genesys Logic has partnered with Mentor Graphics to offer Genesys Logic's low power USB 2.0 Transceiver IP technology. Through innovative custom design methodology, Genesys Logic meets its customer's requirements, delivering on its promise of, "Your Imagination, Our Creation."

Genesys Logic America, Inc. is located at 2860 Zanker Road, Suite 102, San Jose, CA 95134, USA and can be contacted at 1-408-435-8899.