Broadcom Extends PCIe Industry Leadership with End-to-End Gen 6 Portfolio
Broadcom Inc. has announced the availability of its end-to-end PCIe Gen 6 portfolio, further solidifying its position as a leader in the industry. The company is offering early access to its PCIe Gen 6 Interop Development Platform (IDP), which comes equipped with advanced telemetry and diagnostics capabilities to simplify interoperability and system design.
In a strategic collaboration with Micron and Teledyne LeCroy, Broadcom has successfully tested its high-port switch and retimer for interoperability and compliance enablement, paving the way for open AI infrastructure solutions to thrive.
Next-Generation AI Rack Solutions
The AI industry, encompassing hyperscalers and system ODM/OEMs, is embracing the Broadcom PCIe Gen 6 connectivity portfolio for designing next-generation AI rack solutions. Broadcom's connectivity portfolio utilizes its in-house SerDes, also employed in custom XPUs, to deliver extended reach, lower power dissipation, and simplified interop and end-to-end management.
This comprehensive approach ensures that the open AI infrastructure ecosystem is supported by scalable and power-efficient interconnect solutions. With early enablement and testing in collaboration with industry leaders like Micron and Teledyne LeCroy, Broadcom assures customers of fully validated PCIe Gen 6 building blocks capable of meeting the demanding requirements of AI platforms and workloads.
Driving Compliance Testing and Innovation
Broadcom and Teledyne LeCroy have united forces to provide the AI infrastructure ecosystem with a dependable foundation for PCIe testing. Through their partnership, compliance testing has been enabled across a cutting-edge PCIe portfolio, featuring a robust protocol analyzer/exerciser and PCIe switch.
Micron, a trailblazer in PCIe Gen 6 NVMe SSD technology, collaborated with Broadcom and Teledyne LeCroy to deliver an ultra-high-performance storage solution for testing purposes. This collaborative effort validated the functionality of a Gen 6 ecosystem comprising switches, retimers, NVMe SSDs, and protocol analyzers.
Industry Milestone Achieved
At the recent PCI-SIG Developers Conference, Broadcom, Micron, and Teledyne LeCroy successfully demonstrated PCIe 6.x interoperability and early compliance tests on their Gen 6 solutions, marking a significant milestone in empowering AI innovations through PCIe Gen 6 ecosystem enablers.
