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5. Electrical specifications

5.1PCIE topology description

MLU-X1000 accelerator uses 2 miniSAS HD interfaces to connect with the host server, and there

are 2 PCIE switching chips to connect the PCIE devices inside.PCIE interconnection topology is

shown as follows:

Figure 5.1 PCIE Connection topology

PCIE signal rate is 16 Gbps, and the cable loss is controlled within 15 dB @8GHz. It is

recommended to use 1 meter cable with a diameter of 30 AWG.

The pins of the miniSAS HD connectors used by PCIE interfaces are defined as follows:

Table 5.1 PCIE Interface pin definition

miniSAS HD pin

Note

Pin internal processing