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Servers are challenged to process more intricate and diverse types of workloads in cloud, hybrid-cloud and enterprise data centers.
- Systems & Applications
- AI
- Data Centers
- Servers
- PCIe 5.0 specification
- PCIe 6.0 specification
- PCIe retimers

PCI-SIG® celebrated our 30-year milestone last year, and 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 Membership
- PCI-SIG
- Member Spotlight
- PCI-SIG Workgroups

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

Infographic of the PCIe Technology Forecast
- PCIe adoption
- PCI Express
- automotive
- Data Centers
- AI
- Mobile

Today at our PCI-SIG® Developers Conference 2023 in Santa Clara, California we debuted a new report from ABI Research, “PCI Express Market Vertical Opportunity.” We are proud to o
- PCIe adoption
- PCI Express
- automotive
- Data Centers
- AI
- Mobile

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

The PCI-SIG® Members Forum is a resource for members to ask a variety of technical questions about PCI Express® (PCIe®) specifications and applications.
- PCI-SIG Membership
- PCI-SIG
- PCI-SIG Work Groups
- PCI Express compliance
- PCIe Specification
- PCIe Technology

PCI-SIG® is comprised of multiple technical work groups (TWGs) that work towards the development of PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology. Work groups are open to all PCI-SIG member company representatives and allow companies to further the PCIe specifications.
- PCI-SIG Work Group Spotlight
- PCI Express
- PCI Express specification
- PCIe Specification
- PCIe Cabling
- PCI-SIG Work Groups

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

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

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

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
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
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

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 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.

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

Mohiuddin Mazumder of Intel was honored at this year’s PCI-SIG US DevCon
- Developers Conference
- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCI-SIG
- PCI Express

Manisha Nilange of Intel was honored at this year’s PCI-SIG US DevCon
- Developers Conference
- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCI-SIG
- PCI Express
As part of our ongoing effort to broaden the adoption and deployment of PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology into diverse industry verticals, the PCI-SIG® Board of Directors recently announced the PCI-SIG Automotive Taskforce.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCIe 6.0
- automotive
Is your company interested in speaking at PCI-SIG® Virtual Developers Conference 2021? The
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG DevCon
- PCIe 6.0
- automotive
Many online resources cover the history and current state of industry development for the concept that, in Integrity and Data Encryption (IDE), we refer to as a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE).
- Systems & Applications
- Trusted Execution Environments
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
PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology is the most important high-speed serial bus in servers. Due to its high bandwidth and low latency characteristics, PCI Express architecture is widely used in various server interconnect scenarios, such as:
- Signal Integrity
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCIe CEM
- PCIe Channel Loss
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
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
Our PCI-SIG® members have been hard at work. In 2017, we delivered PCI Express® 4.0 with its 16 GT/s, while also diving headfirst into PCI Express 5.0 development – first announced at our annual PCI-SIG DevCon in June 2017.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCIe Bandwidth
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
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.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG
- SD Association
- SD Express
- NVMe
- PCIe 3.0
- PCI Express 3.0
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
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
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
On January 22, 2019, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an emergency directive to mitigate DNS infrastructure tampering intended to disrupt and redirect government and business communications.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCIe Cybersecurity
- Secure Boot
- PCIe Component Authentication
- Firmware
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
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
Our PCI-SIG® members have been hard at work. In 2017, we delivered PCI Express® 4.0 with its 16 GT/s, while also diving headfirst into PCI Express 5.0 development – first announced at our annual PCI-SIG DevCon in June 2017.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI-SIG
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
- PCIe Bandwidth
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
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
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
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 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
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
After successfully releasing PCIe® 4.0 Specification Version 1.0 last October, the members of the PCI-SIG® have been heads down and hard at work to ensure PCIe 5.0 specification is made a reality by 2019.
- Standards & Compliance
- PCI Express
- PCI-SIG
- PCIe 5.0
- PCI Express 5.0
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
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
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