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Point to Point links von jedem gerät zu einem PCIe switch
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a lane is a pair of differential wires
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a link is two of those lines .. one for rx and one for tx
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man gewinnt mehr speed, indem man links mit mehreren parelellen lanes verwendet. (x8, x16, x32)
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PCIe implements the lower layers of the OSI Modell
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a PCIe Switch is defined as multiple virtual PCI-to-PCI Bridges in one chip
- which have direkt pci bus links to a PCIe device
- those bridges are connected to “one bus” internally
