Events

Overview

This one-day training event is suitable for systems architects and hardware or software designers currently using or thinking of starting designs with Microsemi’s Switchtec PFX & PFX-L Gen3 Fanout PCIe Switches. During the day, you will be taken through the entire design cycle, from starting a hardware design, learning how to configure the switch, and using a host-based driver to access runtime dynamic features of the PFX switch.

Location:  2, Sec. 4, Nanjing E. Rd., Songshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.) , 台北小巨蛋1樓 囍宴軒

Date:  November 13^th, 2017

Transportation:

• Take the Metro
  • Take the MRT "Songshan-Xindian Line (Line 3)" to Taipei Arena Station, Exit 2.
• Take a Bus
  • Take the following bus lines to the Nanjing Dunhua Rd. Station: 33, 248, 262, 262 shuttle, 266 shuttle, 277, 279, 282, 285, 288 shuttle, 292, 292 sub, 306, 306 shuttle, 307, 33, 46, 521, 604, 605 express, 622, 630, 652, 668, 672, 675, 711, 902, 902 shuttle, 903, 905, 905 sub, 906, 906 sub, 909, Boai Bus Route, Dunhua Road, brown 10, brown 9, red 25

Parking:  B1 of Taipei Arena, pay your own share

Cost of Training:  Free

Agenda

• 9:30 – Continental Breakfast and Registration
• 10:00 – Welcome/Switchtec Marketing update/review of product families and roadmap
• 10:30 – Overview of Design Resources
• (5-10 minute break)
• 11:00 – Starting a Hardware Design
• 12:00 – Lunch Provided On-site
• 1:00 – Understanding Hot and Surprise Plug
• (5-10 minute break)
• 2:30 – Diagnostics and Debug
• 3:30 – Global Address Space and Management through MRPC
• 4:00 – Microsemi Clock Solutions for Data Center applications
• 4:30 – Lucky draw

Microsemi Switchtec™ PFX Fanout PCIe Switches provide the industry's highest-density, lowest-power PCIe switch for data center, communications, defense, and industrial applications.  With simple hardware configuration and advanced diagnostics and debug capabilities, the PFX enables PCIe solutions for a wide variety of systems, from JBOFs to general purpose applications requiring low power and high-reliability PCIe switching. Typical applications for the PFX include data center equipment, defense and industrial servers, workstations,test equipment, video production and broadcasting equipment, cellular infrastructure, access networks, metro networks, and core networking.