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Title: The Complete Pci Express Reference: Design Implications for Hardware and Software Developers by Edward Solari, Brad Congdon ISBN: 0-9717861-9-4 Publisher: Intel Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $99.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Complete PCI Express Reference
Comment: I am using this book and I am very happy with it. I noticed that the PCI SIG last Christmas begun posting a lot if ECNs and other corrections to the base specification. I check the Intel press website about twice a month (this month I was buying another Intel press book) and noticed that the PCI SIG ECNs and other corrections have been integrated into an update to the Complete PCI Express Reference book. I downloaded the update and found that the authors actually went line by line in the book and provided the new information on any page that was affected by the confusing stuff from the PCI SIG. The big difference is that the update to the book is NOT confusing and indeed unravels all of the key information hidden in the PCI SIG information.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Compete PCI Express Reference
Comment: I have been using this book for three months in my contracting work with Intel. I am very impressed by the depth of design help and factual useful information in this book. I also noticed last week that the Intel press website that maintains the updates for this book has added the information for the NEXT REVISION (Rev 1.1 or 2.0) of the PCI Express specification. It appears that the authors and Intel have been busy creating a page by page update to the current book to address the engineering change orders and errata from the PCI special interest group. I found it impossible to track the errata and engineering change orders on the PCI special interest group website. This update of the book did a great job in taking the information from the PCI special interest group and I guess ADVANCE INFORMATION for the next revision internal to Intel and linking it to the current edition of the book. I also have let a couple of the other design consultants working with me borrow the book and they ended up buying their own copies. They also found that it helped them avoid many misunderstandings from reading the specification. They also found the PCI special interest group website's errata and engineering updates incomplete and hard to follow. They agree with me that the update information on the Intel press website that maintains the update is a great help ... which is why I decided to take the time to write this review.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Complete PCI Express Reference
Comment: As an experienced hardware engineer first at HP and now with a startup, I read all the other reviews for this and other books with an interest in getting more information than what is in the specification. I decided to buy this Intel book. This book has all the inside information in more detail as noted in the other reviews. Most importantly it took the time to explain all complex issues in the specification with straight forward and clear discussions. Most importantly it broke down the complexity of the complex flow control information and how to calculate the credits in to straight forward discussiosns. It retained the more detailed design engineering facts and figures from the specification and went beyond each topic with additonal information that are very useful. In addition the features observed in the other reviews I found the details for the architecture of the Root Complex, switch, and the endpoints very useful. The specification was very weak on these details and it not should not have been. I used two previous books by this author for PCI and ISA designs and these books were also the best available and still are. I also like the on going Intel based web site that posts updates to the book due to specification changes. The way the specification changes are done and posted done by the PCISIG is impossible to follow. The updates to the book that reflect they changes to the specification are much easier to follow. I only wish they were posted more quickly.
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Title: PCI Express System Architecture by Don Anderson, Ravi Budruk, Tom Shanley ISBN: 0321156307 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 04 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $69.99 |
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Title: PCI & PCI-X Hardware and Software (Architecture and Design) by Ed Solari ISBN: 0929392639 Publisher: Annabooks Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $97.95 |
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Title: HyperTransport System Architecture by Mindshare Inc, Jay Trodden, Don Anderson, Inc Mindshare, Inc. MindShare ISBN: 0321168453 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 11 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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Title: Universal Serial Bus System Architecture (2nd Edition) by Don Anderson, Dave Dzatko, Inc Mindshare ISBN: 0201309750 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: PCI-X System Architecture (With CD-ROM) by Tom Shanley ISBN: 0201726823 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 15 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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