Offering detailed interpretations of the PCI Express specifications, this reference for hardware and software developers compares features of PCI Express with PCI-X and PCI, discusses implications of the layered architecture of PCI Express, explains routing of transactions, looks at new form factors and mechanical designs enabled by PCI Express, and shows how to implement traffic classes, virtual channels, and a PCI Express platform design. The authors are senior engineers and experts with PCI Express. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Edward Solari has worked for both Intel and Hewlett-Packard. He was a member of the IEEE P996 Working Group, which developed the IEEE's AT bus standard. He has also worked closely with the PCI Special Interest Group and has been involved in the development of PCI chip sets. He is the author of PCI & PCI-X Hardware and Software Architecture and Design and holds multiple patents.
Brad Congdon is a staff engineer at Intel Corporation, where he has worked on a variety of component, board, and system designs, most recently leading the development of a PCI Express chip set. He holds three U.S. patents in the areas of server architecture and component design, with other patents pending.