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The “Meet the PCI-SIG® Members” blog series is a way to highlight our diverse global membership that makes PCI-SIG what it is today. PCI-SIG members help to advance and promote PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology innovation in the industry, while receiving a variety of benefits.
- PCI-SIG Membership
- Member Spotlight
- PCI Express
- PCI-SIG
- PCI-SIG Membership
- PCIe
- PCIe Technology
Author’s Note: This blog discusses new functionality introduced in the PCIe 6.0 specification, but please note that subsequent revisions have been published. Developers should always work from the latest revision to ensure they see all specification errata.
- PCI Express Specification
- PCI Express 6.0 Specification
- PCIe 6.0 specification
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe 6.0 FEC
- PCIe PAM4
- PCIe L0p
- PCIe low power
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
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.
- PCI-SIG Membership
- Developers Conference
- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCI-SIG
- PCI-SIG Membership
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
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
- Developers Conference
- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCI-SIG
- PCI-SIG Membership
During the PCI-SIG® US DevCon 2022, the PCI-SIG Board of Directors surprised two individuals for their years of service and contributions to the development and expansion of PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology.
- Standards & Compliance
- Developers Conference
- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCI Express specification
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
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
- 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
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 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.
- Systems & Applications
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe FEC
The upcoming PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 specification will continue PCI-SIG’s® longstanding history of innovation for the next generation of products to keep up with evolving needs in a wide range of markets.
- Systems & Applications
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe L0p
- PCIe low power state
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
Before the emergence of autonomous driving, our cars provided isolation from the outside world. We could move from point A to point B with the press of a pedal and a Mapquest print-out in the passenger seat.
- Systems & Applications
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- automotive
Each year, over 800 PCI-SIG® member companies are invited to attend the PCI-SIG U.S. Developers Conference.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCI-SIG DevCon
At this year’s Open Compute Project Global Summit in San Jose on March 4 -5, attendees will have the opportunity to learn how PCI Express® (PCIe®) specifications enable OCP systems today and how newer versions of
- Systems & Applications
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCIe 4.0
- PCI Express 4.0
- OCP Summit
- Open Compute Project
At this year’s Open Compute Project Global Summit in San Jose on March 4 -5, attendees will have the opportunity to learn how PCI Express® (PCIe®) specifications enable OCP systems today and how newer versions of
- Systems & Applications
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCIe 4.0
- PCI Express 4.0
- OCP Summit
- Open Compute Project
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
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
- 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
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
Another PCI-SIG Developers Conference has come and gone, and we had a whopping 600+ member company attendees at this year’s event in Santa Clara.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG
- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCIe 6.0
- PCI Express 6.0
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
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 Express (PCIe®) has been widely adopted in a number of applications that range from small, power-constrained IoT sensors and mobile devices to servers and networking and communications equipment.
- Physical Form Factors
- M.2
- U.2
- CEM
- Networking
- Form Factor
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 recently attended the OCP Summit for the first time and I was impressed by the size of this growing event. The San Jose Convention Center was packed with industry experts – all eager to discuss how to move the Open Compute Project (OPC) forward.
- Systems & Applications
- PCI-SIG
- OCP Summit
- Open Compute Project
- PCIe 4.0
- PCI Express 4.0