Teledyne LeCroy Announces New PCIe® 4.0 U.2/U.3 & M.2 Interposers for SSD Protocol Analysis

Monitor and Analyze both Standard and Dual-Ported NVMe SSDs at PCIe 4.0

Teledyne LeCroy, Milpitas, California, Apr 16, 2019 - Teledyne LeCroy, the worldwide leader in protocol test solutions, today announced the availability of U.2/U.3 & M.2 interposer cards for analysis of both standard single-port and dual-port Solid-State Drives (SSDs) that support the PCI Express® (PCIe) 4.0 specification. When used with the Summit Protocol Analyzer, the U.2/U.3 & M.2 Interposer Cards enable the capture and analysis of all PCIe bus traffic between a host backplane and a single- or dual-port 2-1/2” or M.2 SSD.

"The powerful and unique capabilities of this new interposer are most apparent when used in MultiPort mode, which gives the user time-synchronized protocol traces of both active ports of a dual-port drive, or active ports of two drives with a single protocol analyzer, reducing set-up time, simplifying trace comparisons and minimizing equipment costs,” said John Wiedemeier, Senior Product Marketing Manager in the Protocol Solutions Group, Teledyne LeCroy.

Teledyne LeCroy was the first company to introduce a PCI Express protocol analyzer with NVMe decoding functionality. Since that introduction, Teledyne LeCroy has added decoding for SCSI Express (SOP/PQI) and SATA Express (AHCI/PCIe). The new U.2/U.3 & M.2 interposers support these protocols at data rates from 2.5 GT/s up to 16 GT/s and lane widths of two and four lanes.

“Integrating all three PCIe SSD technologies (NVMe, SOP/PQI & AHCI/PCIe) into a single protocol analyzer, with interposers for two key drive implementations (2-1/2” and M.2), gives developers versatile tools that can show essential details regarding proper data transmission and bus performance. These tools have been critical for supporting the proliferation of solid-state drives in the cloud,” added Wiedemeier.

The U.2/U.3 Interposer supports up to four lanes in a standard PCIe 4.0 link configuration, or two ports each with two lanes in a dual-port 2-1/2" sized SSD. The M.2 Interposer supports up to four lanes of an M.2 device with a single PCIe 4.0 link configuration or two ports each with two lanes in a dual-port 30mm, 42mm, 60mm, 80mm or 110mm (all x30mm width) sized M.2 device.

Availability
The PCIe 4.0 U.2/U.3 & M.2interposers are now available to order. For additional information, contact Teledyne LeCroy at 1-800-5LeCroy (1-800-553-2769) or visit Teledyne LeCroy's web site at teledynelecroy.com.

About Teledyne LeCroy
Teledyne LeCroy is a leading manufacturer of advanced oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and other test instruments that verify performance, validate compliance, and debug complex electronic systems quickly and thoroughly. Since its founding in 1964, the Company has focused on incorporating powerful tools into innovative products that enhance "Time-to-Insight". Faster time to insight enables users to rapidly find and fix defects in complex electronic systems, dramatically improving time-to-market for a wide variety of applications and end markets. Teledyne LeCroy is based in Chestnut Ridge, N.Y. For more information, visit Teledyne LeCroy's website at teledynelecroy.com.

About PCI-SIG
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