What do you need to know about physical-layer compliance measurements under the PCI Express 1.1 specification? Significant changes in jitter and phase-locked loop (PLL) bandwidth were instituted with ...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced an updated version of its PCI Express electrical performance validation and compliance software that allows design engineers to test devices to ensure compliance ...

A compliance testing software package available for free download from the PCI-SIG committee is an excellent, simple tool for preliminary demonstration of a product's compliance to PCI Express 1.1 ...

Moore’s Law might be slowing down CPU compute capacity increases in recent years, but the innovation has been coming at a steady drumbeat for the interconnects used inside servers and between nodes in ...

Specifications for two new interconnect technologies were released yesterday by the Peripheral Component Interconnect-Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG), the group said in a press release (download PDF) ...

I've got an old desktop that I'm keeping alive to act as a fileserver. I've always just used the integrated video (VGA-only), which has always been good enough, since I'm not running anything 3D.

PCI Express is replacing PCI-X in high-performance systems, increasing the need for flexible PCI Express switching. PLX Technology's PEX 8548, a 48-port PCI Express switch, can handle a range of ...

While the long overdue upgrade to PCI-Express 4.0 is finally coming to servers, allowing for high bandwidth links between processors and peripherals. But perhaps the most exciting use of this new ...

PCI Express is an interface standard developed by the Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG). Originally designed for desktop personal computers, it’s used across a range ...