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

PCI-SIG® is excited to invite members back to our annual PCI-SIG U.S. Developers Conference (DevCon) in the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA from June 13-14.
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The PCI-SIG® Members Forum is a resource for members to ask a variety of technical questions about PCI Express® (PCIe®) specifications and applications.
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In 2022, PCI-SIG® introduced PCI Express® (PCIe®) 5.0 Compliance Testing to members. PCIe 5.0 specification official testing includes a maximum link speed of 32 GT/s.
- Standards and Compliance
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCI Express compliance
- PCIe 5.0 Compliance
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In 2022, PCI-SIG® introduced PCI Express® (PCIe®) 5.0 Compliance Testing to members. PCIe 5.0 specification official testing includes a maximum link speed of 32 GT/s.
- Standards and Compliance
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCI Express compliance
- PCIe 5.0 Compliance
- PCI-SIG Compliance

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

Around the World with PCI-SIG: Join Us at the 2022 International DevCons
By Richard Solomon, PCI-SIG Vice President and Developers Conference Chair
- Standards and Compliance
- Developers Conference
- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCI-SIG
- PCI-SIG Membership

By Scott Knowlton and Mihaela Erler, PCI-SIG MWG Co-Chairs
- Standards & Compliance
- Developers Conference
- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCI-SIG
- PCI-SIG Membership

The PCI-SIG® Board of Directors honored three individuals for their years of service and contributions to the development and expansion of PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology during the PCI-SIG US DevCon 2022 on June 21-22 in
- Standards & Compliance
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It’s hard to believe it’s been 30 years since PCI-SIG® formed in 1992.
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- PCIe 5.0 Compliance
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Following the release of the PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 specification to members earlier this year, PCI-SIG® had the unique opportunity to participate in three IT industry podcasts.
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0 Specification
- PCIe 6.0 specification
- PCIe 6.0 architecture
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- PCI-SIG Membership

Following the release of the PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 specification to members earlier this year, PCI-SIG® had the unique opportunity to participate in three IT industry podcasts.
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0 Specification
- PCIe 6.0 specification
- PCIe 6.0 architecture
- PCI-SIG Compliance
- PCI-SIG Membership

Introduction
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PAM4
- PCIe Storage
- PCI Express specification
- FLIT
- Forward Error Correct

For nearly three decades, PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology has served as the de facto high bandwidth, low latency interconnect. As the industry evolves to meet the needs of data-intensive applications, the PCIe specification has kept pace, enabling future innovation.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PAM4
- PCIe Storage
- PCI Express specification
- FLIT
- Forward Error Correct

We are pleased to commence 2022 on a high note with the official release of the PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 specification to members.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PAM4
- PCIe Storage
- PCI Express specification
- FLIT
- Forward Error Correct

Infographic of the PCIe 6.0 Architecture
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- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PAM4
- PCIe Storage
- PCI Express specification
- FLIT
- Forward Error Correction

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® built upon our momentum from 2020 with another successful year in 2021. From progress on the PCIe 5.0 architecture compliance program to the impending release of the PCIe 6.0 specification, we have hit many exciting milestones.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0 Specification
- PCI Express compliance
- PCI Express specification
- PCI-SIG
- PCI-SIG Compliance
- PCI-SIG Membership
- PCIe 5.0 specification
- PCIe 6.0 specification

PCI-SIG® built upon our momentum from 2020 with another successful year in 2021. From progress on the PCIe 5.0 architecture compliance program to the impending release of the PCIe 6.0 specification, we have hit many exciting milestones.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0 Specification
- PCI Express compliance
- PCI Express specification
- PCI-SIG
- PCI-SIG Compliance
- PCI-SIG Membership
- PCIe 5.0 specification
- PCIe 6.0 specification

I am excited to report that PCI-SIG has released PCIe 6.0 specification, version 0.9 to our members. This is a major milestone in our continued effort to double the data rate of the PCI Express® specifications while maintaining backwards compatibility.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe 6.0 specification
- PCIe 6.0
- PAM4
- PCIe FEC
- FLIT
- PCI Express specification

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
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- automotive
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- 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

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

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
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
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
Wow, 2020 sure has transformed the ways we connect, learn and innovate in industries around the world, and in our daily lives!
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI Express compliance
- PCI-SIG Integrators List
- PCIe 4.0
- PCIe 3.0
The PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 specification will feature two primary mechanisms to correct errors: Forward Error Correction (FEC) and Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC). Each 256-byte FLIT comprises of 242 bytes of payload which are protected by 8 Bytes of CRC.
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- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- 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
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
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
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
As I look back on 2019, I’m proud to report that it has been a banner year for PCI-SIG®.
- Systems & Applications
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- OCP Summit
- Flash Memory Summit
From Israel to Europe and Japan to Taiwan, the PCI-SIG® Israel, Europe and APAC 2019 Developers Conference tour has come to an end for the year.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 560
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCI Express compliance
- PCI-SIG Integrator's List
The first installment of the PCI-SIG® educational webinar series, “Retimers to the Rescue: PCI Express® Specifications Reach Their Full Potential” premiered on October 9, 2019.
- Signal Integrity
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCIe Retimer
- PCIe Redriver
- 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.
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- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCIe
- PCI Express
- PCI Express compliance
- PCI-SIG Integrator's List
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.
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- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCIe
- PCI Express
- PCI Express compliance
- PCI-SIG Integrator's List
Retimers and redrivers have enabled longer physical channels in servers and storage systems since Peripheral Component Interface Express (PCIe®) 3.0 specification was first introduced almost 10 years ago.
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- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCIe 4.0
- PCI Express 4.0
- PCIe Retimer
- PCIe Redriver
- PCI Express specification
Earlier this month, I attended another eventful Flash Memory Summit (FMS) and I am pleased to say that PCI Express® (PCIe®) was around every corner at this year’s event.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCIe 4.0
- PCI Express 4.0
- OCP Summit
- Flash Memory Summit
- PCIe Storage
- PCI Express Storage
Earlier this month, I attended another eventful Flash Memory Summit (FMS) and I am pleased to say that PCI Express® (PCIe®) was around every corner at this year’s event.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCIe 4.0
- PCI Express 4.0
- OCP Summit
- Flash Memory Summit
- PCIe Storage
- PCI Express Storage
This year’s Flash Memory Summit (FMS) is coming up on August 6. As PCI Express technologies continue to evolve and make strides in the industry, PCI-SIG® is excited to highlight our participation in the growth of flash storage.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCIe 4.0
- PCI Express 4.0
- OCP Summit
- Flash Memory Summit
- PCIe Storage
- PCI Express Storage
This year’s Flash Memory Summit (FMS) is coming up on August 6. As PCI Express technologies continue to evolve and make strides in the industry, PCI-SIG® is excited to highlight our participation in the growth of flash storage.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCIe 4.0
- PCI Express 4.0
- OCP Summit
- Flash Memory Summit
- PCIe Storage
- PCI Express Storage
The SD Association (SDA) recently announced SD Express, which adds the PCI Express® and NVMe™ interfaces to the SD interface. The PCIe® interface delivers transfer rates up to 985 megabytes per second (MB/s) and supports backward compatibility with existing SD hosts.
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- PCI-SIG
- SD Association
- SD Express
- NVMe
- PCIe 3.0
- PCI Express 3.0
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 pleased to announce that PCI Express® 5.0 specification, Version 1.0— reaching 32GT/s transfer rates—has been released to our members in less than 2 years.
- Systems & Applications
- PCI-SIG
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCI-SIG Membership
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
At PCI-SIG, we take pride in ensuring that our specifications operate without a hitch. However, sometimes PCI Express developers need to submit Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) to update parts of the specification so that PCIe integrated products can reach their optimal functionality.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe Engineering Change Requests
- Firmware
- UEFI
- ACPI
I’m happy to share that 2018 has been another productive year for PCI-SIG. In addition to significant progress in our specification development and compliance work, we also continued to provide educational resources to our members and the industry.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- OCP Summit
- Flash Memory Summit
- Developers Conference
I’m looking forward to attending the Flash Memory Summit (FMS) next week in Santa Clara.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG
- Flash Memory Summit
- FMS
- NVMe
- Flash Storage
I’m looking forward to attending the Flash Memory Summit (FMS) next week in Santa Clara.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG
- Flash Memory Summit
- FMS
- NVMe
- Flash Storage
Press conference on June 5 to announce PCIe 5.0 spec updates
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCI-SIG
- PCIe 5.0
- Developers Conference
- Specification