PCI and PCI-X are not directly compatible, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that means you’re out of luck if you need to use a PCI-X card in a machine that only has basic PCI slots.

PCIe superseded PCI and PCI-X. Unlike its PCI predecessor, which used a shared bus, PCI Express is a switched architecture of up to 32 independent, serial lanes (x1-x32) that transfer in parallel.

Synopsys VC Verification IP (VIP) for PCI Express (PCIe) provides a comprehensive set of protocol, methodology, verification and productivity features, enabling users to achieve rapid verification ...