Moschip announces PCIe availability

Moschip Semiconductor Technology Ltd, on January 28, 2008 has announced the world wide availability of a single-chip, single-lane PCI Express (PCIe) to peripheral controller with support for serial, parallel, ISA and USB interfaces and standards. Already in use by some customers, the solution comes with comprehensive system design package. The MCS99O1CV is the worlds first PCle to peripheral I/O controller to have more than 21 combinations of Serial, Parallel, USB and ISA interface options. The product is ideal for PCIe-based Serial or Parallel port expansion through add-in cards for server original equipment manufacturers (OEM). PCI Express Cards and PC peripheral manufacturers, embedded motherboard applications and industrial controls.

The product, MosChip's MCS9901CV PCIe to Peripheral I/O Controller, is fully compliant with the PCIe base specification revision 1.Oa. It boasts four 16C550 / 16C550Ex compatible UART channels; 256 Byte FIFO for transmit and receive paths in each serial port; and supports RS 232, RS 485 and RS 422 modes and slow IrDA. The MCS99O1CV also provides bi-directional speeds from 50 bps to 18 Mbps per port and full serial modem control and custom baud rate support. In addition, it supports hardware and software flow control as well as 5,6, 8, 7, 8 and 9 bit Serial data format support and even odd. mark, space and no parity.

MosChip's MCS99O1CV is also offered with comprehensive design support:

• Software driver suite with available source code for Microsoft Vista / XP / 2000 / 98 / CE, Apple Mac OS, Linux and DOS

• Wide range of PCIe peripheral I/O card designs

• Gerber and Protel system schematics and other supporting documentation

• World-class support with comprehensive system design services

"MosChip is proud to introduce a system solution package with such far-reaching application possibilities by providing a multitude of PCIe to Serial and Parallel I/O connectivity options," commented Bhanu Nanduri, Chief Operating Officer for MosChip. "The MCS9901CV, together with its system design support package, addresses a wide range business opportunities in chip-to-chip, and box-to-box connectivity applications with very short time to revenue schedules."