{"id":16895,"date":"2020-06-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=16895"},"modified":"2020-05-28T10:43:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T09:43:02","slug":"switch-enables-complex-fabric-topologies-with-greater-scalability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/switch-enables-complex-fabric-topologies-with-greater-scalability\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch enables complex fabric topologies with greater scalability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To support cloud, data centre and hyperscale computing that facilitates advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microchip.com\" target=\"_blank\">Microchip Technology<\/a><\/strong> releases to production its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microchip.com\/wwwproducts\/en\/PM42100\"><strong>Switchtec PAX Advanced Fabric Gen 4 PCIe<\/strong><\/a> switch family. These enable complex fabric topologies with greater scalability, lower latency, and higher performance than traditional Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) switches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microchip\u2019s Switchtec PAX PCIe family of switches provides a turnkey fabric solution and reduces time-to-market for systems requiring multi-host sharing of Single Root I\/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Non-Volatile Memory (NVMe) Solid State Drives (SSDs), Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and other PCIe endpoints. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Switchtec PAX devices are the industry\u2019s lowest-power Gen 4 PCIe switches, significantly reducing total system power consumption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Switchtec PAX family of switches is available in the following variants: 100-lane, 84-lane, 68-lane, 52-lane, 36-lane and 28-lane. 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