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5. Electrical specifications
5.1 PCIE topology description
MLU-X1001 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: