Oxford Semiconductor has announced it has begun sampling the world’s first PCI Express end-point to serial RS232, 422 and 485 device.  Engineering samples are with lead customers and the first of a complete family of new parts is scheduled to enter full production in January 2008.

Adrian Braine, Oxford Semiconductor’s Marketing Manager for Connectivity Solutions said, “This single chip solution will be great news for any OEM wanting to migrate products from PCI to PCI Express.  Until now, designers had to use two bridge chips, one for PCI Express to PCI and another for PCI to UART.  Eliminating the intermediate bridge enables a far more cost effective solution.”

Shipping PCI compatible serial bridge chips for more than a decade, Oxford Semiconductor is already well established in the product sector.  The company’s own UART solution, the 16C950, is recognised as one of the world’s fastest and is integrated into the new PCI Express product range.

Contact information

For further information, contact Dorian Crugnale on 1 (408) 942 4100 or contact@oxsemi.com.