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SpectraLinear Inc. Announces Programmable PCI Express Clock Generators

World’s First Family of Programmable PCI Express Clock Generators includes Gen.2 & Gen.3 Compliance for Embedded System Designs

Santa Clara, CA – November 11, 2009 – SpectraLinear, Inc. a leading provider of timing solutions for the embedded, communication, computation, and consumer markets, today announced the world’s first family of programmable, PCIe gen. 2- and gen.3-compliant, clock generators. The bit-rate of Gen -3 is up to 2x faster than Gen- 2. This state of the art technology allows system board designers to achieve high signal integrity with optimum timing margins and performance, consequently allowing rugged manufacturing margins…all this with best of class power consumption and cost structure.

”This new family of PCIe clock generators is a further example of how SpectraLinear innovates with the design engineer in mind,” said Dr. Ilhan Refioglu, president and CEO of SpectraLinear. “SpectraLinear is committed to offering its customers products with best-of-class performance, low power requirements and unsurpassed programmability with flexibility and fast time-to-market.”

“PCIe is becoming the norm for I/O and inter-device interfaces in embedded designs”, said Elie Ayache Spectra Linear’s V.P. of Segment Marketing and PC clock B.U. “SLI has responded to this development technically and tactically by offering a range of products for engineers to choose from while maintaining industrial temperature compliance with commitment to a minimum of eight years production life.”

In order to support the diverse requirements of the broad embedded market, the PCIe G3 family offers a variety of options ranging from the number of outputs, to I2C/smBus interface, to the availability of EproClock®, a one time programmable, non-volatile technology.

Device	Crystal Input (MHz)	# of Differential PCIe Outputs	# of Single Ended Outputs	Spread On/Off Strapping H/W Pin	Spread Capability	SMBus Access	Package
SL28SRC01	14.318	1	None	Yes	-0.5% +/- 0.25	No	16-TSSOP
SL28SRC02	14.318	2	None	Yes	-0.5% +/- 0.25	Yes	20-TSSOP
SL28SRC04	14.318	4	None	Yes	-0.5% +/- 0.25	Yes	24-TSSOP
SL28PCIe26	25	4	None	No	-0.5% +/- 0.25	Yes	32-QFN
SL28PCIe25	25	4	25MHz	No	-0.5% +/- 0.25	Yes	32-QFN
SL28PCIe103	25 / 14.318	4	REF1, 27MHz, 48MHz, Prog_SE2	No	-0.5% +/- 0.25	Yes	32-QFN

Note 1: REF output frequency depends on the configuration of the crystal value.

Note 2: Prog_SE is a non-volatile programmable single-ended clock. Customer specified - Factory programmed.

Note 3: Applicable to PCIe Gen 2.

Note 4: PCIe Gen 3 filter characteristics are subject to final ratificaiton by PCISIG. Please check the PCISIG for the latest specification.

 

About SpectraLinear Inc.

SpectraLinear is an integrated timing solutions company that focuses on the consumer, computer, embedded and communication markets using innovative, high performance, fast time-to-market silicon platforms.  In October 2006 SpectraLinear acquired Cypress’ PC clock division, immediately establishing itself as the largest pure-play integrated timing device company. SpectraLinear is based in Santa Clara, CA and has offices in Tokyo, Taipei, Bangalore, and Istanbul. For more information go to www.spectralinear.com.

EProClock is a Registered Trademark of SpectraLinear Inc. 

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