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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Budruk, Ravi.
  PCI express system architecture / Mindshare, Inc., Ravi Buduk ... [et al.].
     p. cm.
   Includes index.
   ISBN 0-321-15630-7 (alk. paper)
    1. Computer architecture. 2. Microcomputers—buses. 3. Computer architecture. I.
    Budruk, Ravi II. Mindshare, Inc. III. Title.
QA76.9.A73P43 2003
004.2 '2—dc22                                                           2003015461

Copyright © 2004 by MindShare, Inc.

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Dedication

To my parents Aruna and Shripal Budruk who started me on the path to Knowledge