From humble beginnings in 1992 at Intel’s Architecture Development Lab, PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus architecture has remained on a continuous path of evolution. Just six years after its introduction, IBM, HP, and Compaq submitted the PCI-X (PCI-eXtended) specification for approval, and in 2003 PCI-SIG introduced PCIe 1.0a, with a data rate of 250 MB/s and transfer rate of 2.5 GT/s.
PCIe 1.1 came along in 2005, and in 2007 PCIe 2.0 raised the performance bar yet again by doubling PCIe 1.0′s transfer rate up to 5 GT/s while increasing per-lane throughput from 250 MB/s to 500 MB/s. Along the way Trenton developed a variety of backplanes in support of the PCI revolution and offers a range of PCI Express backplanes to serve demanding data acquisition, GPU computing and multimedia applications, such as medical imaging, video processing and video display walls.
Multi-Segment backplanes can host 2, 4 or 6 single board computers in one rackmount enclosure
 TRC5000 |  BP2S6929 |  BP4FS6890 |  BP6FS6605 |
Single-Segment 20-slot backplanes offer a diverse range of PCIe, PCI-X, PCI & ISA slot options
 TRC6001 |  BPX6806 |  BPX6571 |  BP3/16-64 |
Single-Segment 14-slot backplanes support power supply options in 4U rackmount computers
 TRC4008 |  BPG7087 |  BPC7041 |  BPC7009 |
As you can see from the above matrix, which represents only a fraction of Trenton’s product offerings, our combination of standard designs and exceptional engineering talent can create a customer-driven solution that meets your exact needs – from commercial-off-the-shelf to custom configurations.
For further information on PCI Express, including specifications on the new 3.0 generation, check out our previous blog post on the topic: PCIe 3.0, PCIe 2.0 and PCIe 1.1 interface differences.
