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Mar 01, 2024

There are many unique challenges in designing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications, and the exuberance around ChatGPT has highlighted the influence that AI can have on day-to-day life.

  • PCI Express Specification
  • AI
  • ML
  • PCI Express specification
  • PCI-SIG
  • PCIe
  • PCIe L0p
  • PCIe Technology
Jan 26, 2024

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
Nov 28, 2023

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
Aug 02, 2023

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
Mar 29, 2023

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
Mar 18, 2023

The PCI-SIG® Developers Conference returned to Taipei, Taiwan for the first time since 2019 on Feb. 20-21 at the Taipei Marriott Hotel. With 674 total attendees, it was the highest-ever turnout for a DevCon.

  • Standards and Compliance
  • Developers Conference
  • PCI-SIG DevCon
  • PCI-SIG Compliance
  • PCI-SIG Integrators List
Dec 21, 2022

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
Nov 15, 2022

Advanced IP Design for PCI Express® Technology

By Scott Knowlton, PCI-SIG MWG Co-Chair

  • Standards and Compliance
  • PCIe
  • SoC
  • IP
  • PIPE
May 17, 2022

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
Mar 29, 2022

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
Jan 11, 2022

Introduction

  • Standards & Compliance
  • PCIe 6.0
  • PCI Express 6.0
  • PAM4
  • PCIe Storage
  • PCI Express specification
  • FLIT
  • Forward Error Correct
Jan 11, 2022

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
Jan 11, 2022

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
Jan 11, 2022

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
Dec 14, 2021

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
Oct 06, 2021

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
Sep 24, 2021

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
Aug 25, 2021

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.
Aug 25, 2021

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.
Aug 25, 2021

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.
Aug 19, 2021

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
Jul 16, 2021

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
Jul 16, 2021

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
Jan 22, 2021

With the widespread adoption of compute-intensive workloads – such as artificial intelligence and machine learning – in enterprise and cloud data centers, high-speed, low-latency interconnects like PCI Express® architecture are required to connect high-performance nodes.

  • Standards & Compliance
  • PCIe 4.0
  • PCIe 5.0
  • PCIe retimers
  • PCIe redrivers
  • PCIe 5.0 specification
Dec 26, 2020

Despite the many challenges in 2020, we are proud to report that it has been a successful year for, PCI-SIG®.  We continued the momentum started in 2019 with PCIe® 4.0 Compliance Testing, continued work on the PCIe 6.0 specification, and brought our members new ways to engag

  • Standards & Compliance
  • PCIe 6.0 specification
  • PCIe 4.0
  • PCI-SIG DevCon
Nov 30, 2020

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
Jun 23, 2020

PCI-SIG® has shifted to virtual events for the 2020 calendar year and our first major members event was the Virtual PCI-SIG Developers Conference.

  • Systems & Applications
  • PCI-SIG DevCon
  • PCIe 5.0
  • PCI Express 5.0
  • PCIe 4.0
  • PCI Express 4.0 PCIe Retimer
  • PCI Express Retimer
Jun 23, 2020

PCI-SIG® has shifted to virtual events for the 2020 calendar year and our first major members event was the Virtual PCI-SIG Developers Conference.

  • Systems & Applications
  • PCI-SIG DevCon
  • PCIe 5.0
  • PCI Express 5.0
  • PCIe 4.0
  • PCI Express 4.0 PCIe Retimer
  • PCI Express Retimer
Jun 22, 2020

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
Feb 27, 2020

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
Feb 19, 2020

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
Jan 31, 2020

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
Jan 31, 2020

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
Jan 31, 2020

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
Sep 16, 2019

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
Sep 03, 2019

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.

  • Signal Integrity
  • PCIe 5.0
  • PCI Express 5.0
  • PCIe 4.0
  • PCI Express 4.0
  • PCIe Retimer
  • PCIe Redriver
  • PCI Express specification
Aug 30, 2019

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
Jul 26, 2019

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
May 06, 2019

This June 18-19, PCI-SIG and its 800+ member companies return to the Santa Clara Convention Center for the largest member event of the year: the Annual Members Meeting and Developers Conference.

  • Standards & Compliance
  • PCI-SIG
  • PCI Express 5.0
  • PCI Express 4.0
  • PCIe 5.0
  • PCIe 4.0
May 06, 2019

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
Apr 19, 2019

PCI-SIG has built its reputation on delivering high quality PCI Express® (PCIe) specifications that have doubled bandwidth on average every three years, while maintaining full backwards compatibility with prior generations.

  • Signal Integrity
  • PCIe Lane Margining
  • PCIe 4.0
  • PCI Express 4.0
  • PCIe Bandwidth
  • PCIe retimers
  • PCIe Test Equipment
Apr 03, 2019

his year, I was lucky enough to be able to attend and present at the Open Compute Project Summit and though it has come and gone by now, I’m already looking forward to the next one! 

  • Systems & Applications
  • PCI-SIG
  • PCIe 4.0
  • PCI Express 4.0
  • Open Compute Project Summit
  • PCIe 5.0
  • PCI Express 5.0
Apr 03, 2019

his year, I was lucky enough to be able to attend and present at the Open Compute Project Summit and though it has come and gone by now, I’m already looking forward to the next one! 

  • Systems & Applications
  • PCI-SIG
  • PCIe 4.0
  • PCI Express 4.0
  • Open Compute Project Summit
  • PCIe 5.0
  • PCI Express 5.0
Mar 09, 2019

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
Feb 06, 2019

This is already shaping up to be a busy year for PCI-SIG® with the pending release of the PCI Express® 5.0 specification targete

  • Standards & Compliance
  • PCIe 5.0
  • PCI Express 5.0
  • Embedded World
  • SD Association
  • OCP Global Summit
Nov 08, 2018

The PCI-SIG Serial Enabling Workgroup (called the “SEG” for short) is the PCI-SIG workgroup charged with running the PCI Express® (PCIe®) compliance program.

  • Standards & Compliance
  • PCI-SIG
  • PCI-SIG Compliance
  • PCI-SIG Interoperability
  • PCI-SIG Integrators List
Aug 24, 2018

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
Jun 18, 2018

Whew, what a week! That’s another PCI-SIG Developers Conference in the books though.

  • Standards & Compliance
  • PCI-SIG
  • PCI Express 4.0
  • PCIe 4.0
  • PCI Express 5.0
  • PCIe 5.0
Apr 25, 2018

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
Oct 24, 2017

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