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Author’s Note: This blog discusses new functionality introduced in the PCIe 6.0 specification, but please note that the PCIe 6.0.1 and PCIe 6.1 specification revisions have been published.
- PCI Express Specification
- PCI Express 6.0 Specification
- PCIe 6.0 specification
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0 Forward Error Correction
- PCIe 6.0 FEC
- FLIT Mode

Flash Memory Summit (FMS) 2023 is right around the corner on Aug. 8-10 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
- Industry Events
- PCI-SIG
- PCI Express
- PCIe
- Flash Memory Summit
- FMS 2023

In early 2022, PCI-SIG® released the full version of the PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 specification.
- Systems & Applications
- PCIe 6.0
- PAM4
- PAM4 signaling
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0 Specification
- PCIe 6.0 architecture

PCI-SIG® in 2022: A Year to Celebrate
By Mihaela Erler and Scott Knowlton, PCI-SIG MWG Co-Chairs
- Standards and Compliance
- PCI-SIG
- PCIe
- PCIe 6.0
- PCIe 7.0
- PCI-SIG DevCon

Advanced IP Design for PCI Express® Technology
By Scott Knowlton, PCI-SIG MWG Co-Chair
- Standards and Compliance
- PCIe
- SoC
- IP
- PIPE

It’s hard to believe it’s been 30 years since PCI-SIG® formed in 1992.
- Standards & Compliance
- Compliance
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCIe 5.0 Compliance
- PCI-SIG
- PCI-SIG Compliance
- PCI-SIG Integrators List

Infographic of the PCIe 6.0 Architecture
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PAM4
- PCIe Storage
- PCI Express specification
- FLIT
- Forward Error Correction
PCI-SIG® Compliance Workshop Updates: Workshop #118 Recap, PCIe 5.0 Specification Workshops and More

PCI-SIG® has continued to host PCI Express® (PCIe®) Compliance Workshops throughout 2021 as we recognize that they are an important member benefit.
- Standards & Compliance
- Compliance
- PCIe 5.0 specification
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI-SIG Integrators List
- PCI Express 5.0

The CXL™ Consortium and PCI-SIG® are excited to announce a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two organizations.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe
- PCI-SIG
- CXL
- PCI Express specification
- CXL Consortium

With the emergence of autonomous vehicles, AI-based advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), today’s automobiles are becoming high-tech “servers on wheels.” PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology is expanding to become the interconnect of choice in automotive applicat
- Systems & Applications
- automotive
- PCIe
- PCI Express
- PCIe Retimer
- PCIe connectivity
- PCIe CEM
- PCIe Security
- PCIe low power
- PCI-SIG Automotive Taskforce.

With the emergence of autonomous vehicles, AI-based advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), today’s automobiles are becoming high-tech “servers on wheels.” PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology is expanding to become the interconnect of choice in automotive applicat
- Systems & Applications
- automotive
- PCIe
- PCI Express
- PCIe Retimer
- PCIe connectivity
- PCIe CEM
- PCIe Security
- PCIe low power
- PCI-SIG Automotive Taskforce.

The upcoming PCIe® 6.0 specification introduces Flow Control Unit (FLIT) encoding, which enables the specification to provide low latency with high efficiency. FLIT mode is adopted for the PCIe 6.0 architecture because error correction needs to operate on fixed sized packets.
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PAM4
- PCIe FEC
- Forward Error Correction
- FLIT

By: Hope Bovenzi, Strategic Marketing, Astera Labs
- Signal Integrity
- automotive
- PCIe
- PCI Express
- PCIe Storage
- PCIe Retimer
- PCIe connectivity
- PCIe Bandwidth
- PCI-SIG Automotive Taskforce
With global health and safety concerns related to the Covid-19 pandemic still greatly limiting in-person events in 2021, PCI-SIG® continues to offer compliance workshop opportunities to our members virtually.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe 6.0 specification
- PAM4 signaling
- PCIe 6.0 architecture
- PCIe form factor
- FLIT Mode
- PCIe FEC
One of the many new features included in the PCI Express® (PCIe®) specification will be PAM4 (Pulse Amplitude Modulation with 4 levels) signaling.
- Systems & Applications
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- What is PAM4
- PAM4
- PCIe FEC
- Forward Error Correction
For almost two decades, the PCI Express® (PCIe®) architecture has offered low latency and high bandwidth in support of next generation systems.
- Systems & Applications
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PAM4
- PCIe FEC
- Forward Error Correction
- FLIT
We are starting 2020 with the release of version 0.5 of the PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 specification incorporating the significant member feedback received on version 0.3.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PAM4
- PCIe FEC
- Forward Error Correction
- FLIT
- PCI Express specification
The Internet of Things (IoT) Industry is rapidly growing in popularity and breadth of applications.
- Systems & Applications
- PCIe
- PCI Express
- PCIe low power
- PCIe form factors
- Physical Form Factors
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe PAM4
- PCIe FEC
- PCIe Forward Error Correction
- PCIe 6.0 specification
- PCI Express 6.0 Specification
PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology is deployed worldwide by PCI-SIG member companies, so it only makes sense that PCI-SIG® travels around the globe too.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCIe
- PCI Express
- PCI Express compliance
- PCI-SIG Integrator's List
I am happy to share that PCI-SIG® has begun developing the PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 specification, targeted for release in 2021.
- Systems & Applications
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe PAM4
- PCIe FEC
- PCIe Forward Error Correction
- PCIe 6.0 specification
- PCI Express 6.0 Specification
- PCI Express PAM4
- PCIe 6.0 FEC
- PCI Express 6.0 FEC
- PCIe6.0 Forward Error Correction
- PCI Express 6.0 Forward Error Correction
I am happy to share that PCI-SIG® has begun developing the PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 specification, targeted for release in 2021.
- Systems & Applications
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe PAM4
- PCIe FEC
- PCIe Forward Error Correction
- PCIe 6.0 specification
- PCI Express 6.0 Specification
- PCI Express PAM4
- PCIe 6.0 FEC
- PCI Express 6.0 FEC
- PCIe6.0 Forward Error Correction
- PCI Express 6.0 Forward Error Correction
PCI-SIG® is proud to announce that we have established a working relationship with DMTF to simplify hardware management.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe
- PCI Express
- PCI-SIG
- DMTF
- Redfish
- PCIe Security
PCI-SIG® is proud to announce that we have established a working relationship with DMTF to simplify hardware management.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe
- PCI Express
- PCI-SIG
- DMTF
- Redfish
- PCIe Security
By now, you probably know about the PCI-SIG Developers Conference which we hold in Santa Clara each year – a free event for our 750+ member companies with four tracks of presentations over two days.
- Standards & Compliance
- Technology
- PCI Express
- PCI-SIG
- Compliance
- Developers Conference
PCI Express® – also known as PCIe – used to get a bad rap for being power hungry on servers and PCs. But I’m happy to say that this is no longer the case. Are you aware that PCIe today is extremely power efficient with built-in low power features?
- Systems & Applications
- PCI-SIG
- PCI Express 3.0
- PCIe 3.0
- PCIe Latency
- PCIe low power
I’m pleased to share that PCI-SIG has released the PCIe 4.0 Specification Version 1.0 and it is now available for download on our website.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCI Expres 4.0
- PCIe 4.0
- PCI-SIG