Acknowledgments

Thanks to those who made significant contributions to this book:

Joe Winkles — for this superb job of technical editing.

Jay Trodden — for his contribution in developing the chapter on Transaction Routing and Packet-Based Transactions.

Mike Jackson — for his contribution in preparing the Card Electromechanical chapter.

Dave Dzatko — for research and editing.

Special thanks to Catalyst Enterprises, Inc. for supplying:

Appendix A: Test, Debug and Verification

Special thanks to PLX Technology for contributing two appendices:

Appendix B: Markets & Applications for the PCI Express™ Architecture

Appendix C: Implementing Intelligent Adapters and Multi-Host Systems With PCI Express™ Technology

Thanks also to the PCI SIG for giving permission to use some of the mechanical drawings from the specification.