LeCroy Unleashes Faster PCI Express Protocol Tester

Aug. 3, 2006

LeCroy Corporation has introduced the fourth generation of its protocol analyzer for PCI Express. The PETracer Gen2 Summit x16 captures and analyzes second-generation PCI Express bus traffic at date rates to 5 Gb/s per lane, doubling the acquisition bandwidth of the company's previous PCI Express protocol analyzers. The integral software allows for real-time statistical analysis, protocol traffic summaries, detailed error reports, and user-defined test reports. For more information, visit the LeCroy website at http://www.lecroy.com

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.