■ PEX 8724 General Features
- 24-lane, 6-port PCIe Gen 3 switch
- Integrate 8.0 GT/s SerDes
- 19 x 19mm2 o , 324-pin FCBGA package
- Typical Power: 5.0 Watts

■ PEX 8724 Key Features
- St ndards Compliant a
- PCI Express Base Specification, r3.0 (compatible w/ PCIe r1.0a/1.1 & 2.0)
- PCI Power Management Spec, r1.2
- Microsoft Vista Compliant
- Supports Access Control Services
- Dynamic link-width control
- Dynamic SerDes speed control

The PEX 8724 employs an enhanced version of PLX’s field tested PEX 8624 PCIe switch architecture, which allows users to configure the device in legacy single-host mode or multi-host mode with up to four host ports capable of 1+1 (one active & one backup) or N+1 (N active & one backup) host failover. This powerful architectural enhancement enables users to build PCIe based systems to support high-availability, failover, redundant, or clustered systems.