GL9701 PCI ExpressTM to PCI Bridge
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
PCI Express is a general-purpose interconnection technology to achieve high performance and flexibility at
competitive cost for future computing and communication platforms. The GL9701 PCI Express to PCI Bridge
provides a solution to connect PCI Express with existing PCI domain. This is referred to as a “PCI Express to
PCI bridge” or simply as a “bridge”, which features a PCI Express primary interface and a PCI secondary
interface. A bridge can be used to enable existing PCI based application to plug into a PCI Express based
system.
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