PCI-SIG Announces PCIe Optical Interconnect Solution: PCIe-over-Fiber

PCI-SIG announces PCIe 7.0 and optical interconnect revision for AI and data centres

Revisions to the PCIe 6.4 and PCIe 7.0 specifications provide the first standard-based optical interconnect for AI, cloud, and data centre applications. The post PCI-SIG announces PCIe 7.0 and optical interconnect revision for AI and data centres appeared first on eeNews Europe.

PCI-SIG Announces PCIe Optical Interconnect Solution: PCIe-over-Fiber

PCI-SIG today announced a new optical interconnect specification revision to enable higher PCI Express (PCIe) technology performance. The Optical Aware Retimer Engineering Change Notice (ECN) amends the PCIe 6.4 specification and the new PCIe 7.0 specification to include a PCIe retimer-based solution, providing the first industry standardized way to implement PCIe technology over optical fiber. "We saw a need for an industry standard optical in…