Interposer Card for Diagnostic Testing, Exercizing and Debug of
PCIe Devices at up to Gen4 16GT/s speed 


INSPECTOR is an interposer module designed for non-intrusive monitoring,
diagnostic, exercizing and debug of PCIe devices. INSPECTOR uses transparent
switching technology to connect on the upstream side to a PCIe host platform,
and on the downstream side to the device under test (DUT). INSPECTOR supports
PCIe 1.x, 2.x, 3.x, and 4.0 interfaces on either ports, and up to 8 lanes (x8). It is
typically used for bring-up and diagnostic testing of PCIe 4.0 DUTs at PCIe 4.0
16GT/s speed using existing PCIe hosts operating at PCIe 3.0 8GT/s speed, but
can support any link speed/width combination on upstream and downstream ports.
INSPECTOR's built-in diagnostic capabilities allows validation engineers to instantly
diagnose issues with their PCIe devices, without the need for expensive test
equipment. In particular, it enables design, test and validation engineers to:

          •  Monitor PCIe interface power-on process
          •  Diagnose PCIe interface PHY and link issues
          •  Analyze throughput performance in real-time, in production environment
          •  Check PCIe interface reliability
          •  Perform PCIe interface stress tests and random tests via scripting
              (exercizer functionality)


It also allows firmware/software engineers to develop their devices firmware and
software on the actual production system running the Operating System of choice.


INSPECTOR is used as a PCIe 4.0 Host Interoperability platform at PCI-SIG
Compliance Workshops (PCIe 4.0 FYI testing).


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