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Broadcom PLX Gen4 PCIe Switch Starter Recipe

The Broadcom PEX88000 series is a PCI Express Gen 4.0 compliant switch family designed to deliver high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity for modern data-centric and embedded systems. Supporting data rates of up to 16GT/s per lane, these devices enable efficient aggregation and expansion of PCIe resources across multiple hosts and endpoint devices.

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