Broadcom tests end-to-end PCIe Gen 6 switch and retimer – Blocks and Files

Broadcom has tested an end-to-end PCIe Gen 6 setup with a Micron SSD and Teledyne LeCroy protocol analyzing equipment.

The multi-lane PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) bus is used to interconnect high-speed peripheral devices to a host server’s motherboard with its memory and processor. PCIe Gen 6 (64 Gbps) is twice as fast as PCIe Gen 5 (32 Gbps) and four times faster than PCIe Gen 4 (16 Gbps). The Computer Express Link (CXL) v3.0 scheme to…