PLX Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLXT), the leading global supplier of PCI Express® (PCIe®) I/O interconnect solutions, today announced its ExpressLane? PEX 8548 PCIe switch has been selected by EDN magazine from a field of hundreds as a finalist for this year's 2006 EDN Innovation Awards that honor outstanding engineering professionals and products. The recently introduced PEX 8548 features a revolutionary new architecture that dropped the switch's latency down to an unparalleled 110ns and sank power consumption to an unmatched low of 4.9W -- attributes leading the industry today.

The PEX 8548 was selected in EDN's Innovation Awards Digital ICs and Programmable Logic category based on the switch's impressive configurability, highlighted in the magazine's favorable editorial coverage (see: http://www.edn.com/article/CA6376896.html?ref=nbsa&text=%22pex+8548%22 ). Adding to the magazine's acclaim for the PEX 8548, the switch also was named one of EDN's ?Hot 100? products for 2006 (see: http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=InnovationAwardComp&year= 2006&order=22&text=%22pex+8548%22). (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

The PEX 8548 is the industry's only 48-lane, nine-port switch and is based on PLX's third-generation PCIe switching architecture, developed to dramatically improve data throughput in a wide range of applications. High-performance Cut-thru architecture, true peer-to-peer support, highly configurable ports, and Hot-Plug controllers round out the devices unique benefits. New technical white papers supporting these key attributes are posted on the company website including: PLX PCIe Switch Power Consumption Explained; PCI Express Packet Latency Matters; Choosing PCI Express Packet Payload Size; On Chip Standard Hot-Plug Controller; Checking PCIe Switch Performance in an Ethernet Network.

?We're honored to have PLX and the PEX 8548 recognized for innovation by such a respected industry publication as EDN,? said Akber Kazmi, product marketing director for PCIe switches at PLX. ?Being named a finalist for this award reflects PLX's commitment to and market leadership in PCI Express technology.?

?Our 2006 roster of Innovation finalists includes great products across the analog, digital, software, and test spaces. We received a tremendous set of mixed-signal ASSP entries, and more processor entries than ever,? said EDN Editor-In-Chief Maury Wright. ?I look forward to the rigorous voting process and know that the winners will be top notch.?

Innovative, Highly Configurable Switch Enables Range of Applications

The only PCIe switch enabling port configurations from x1 to x16, the PEX 8548's nine ports provide unprecedented flexibility in port aggregation applications, ranging from servers to graphics to storage systems to routers. The PEX 8548's rich and flexible features allow its use in backplane and switch-fabric designs. In large bladed systems, the switch's ability to cascade two or more PEX 8548 devices, enables configurations of up to 80 lanes and 16 ports.

Instituted in 1990, the Innovation Awards honor the people, products and technologies that have shaped the semiconductor industry over the past year. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on April 2, 2007 in San Jose, Calif.

PLX's ExpressLane family of PCIe switches and bridges feature an industry-leading 13 devices ? switches ranging from eight to 48 lanes and three to nine ports, and PCIe- and PCI-X-to-PCIe bridges ? that are available now. Detailed information on the entire ExpressLane family can be found at www.plxtech.com/pcie.

About PLX Technology

PLX Technology, Inc. (www.plxtech.com), based in Sunnyvale, Calif., USA, is the world's leading supplier of PCI Express and other standard I/O interconnect semiconductors to the communications, server, storage, embedded-control, and consumer markets. The company provides a competitive advantage through an integrated combination of experience, high-performance silicon, hardware and software design tools, and global partnerships.

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