Anritsu Corporation announced that it has helped AMD accelerate the testing of electrical compliance for PCI Express (PCIe) specification for pre-production AMD EPYC CPUs. Achieving a maximum data rate of 64 GT/s using the high-performance Anritsu BERT Signal Quality Analyzer-R MP1900A, testing was done under challenging backchannel conditions with insertion loss exceeding the specified 27 dB in the CEM specification, along with stress conditions applied using Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC).
“In collaboration with Anritsu, we have achieved a stable demonstration of electrical compliance up to 64 GT/s,” said Amit Goel, corporate vice president, Server Engineering, AMD. “This early validation furthers our commitment to delivering reliable, high-speed I/O for future platforms powered by our next-generation AMD EPYCTM CPUs.”
“AMD is a key technology partner in advancing PCIe technology,” said Takeshi Shima, Director, Senior Vice President, Test & Measurement Company President of Anritsu Corporation. “We will continue to respond to various test needs and expand functions for PCIe compliance testing, while also contributing to quality evaluation and design efficiency of PCIe devices through proposals to standards organizations.”
PCIe 6.0 technology is the next-generation standard that provides a bandwidth of 64 GT/s per lane and up to 256 GB/s in a x16 configuration as a high-speed interface between internal devices such as CPUs, GPUs, SSDs, and network cards. While maintaining compatibility with previous standards, it achieves highly reliable and efficient communications in fields such as AI (Artificial Intelligence), HPC (High Performance Computing), and high-speed storage, greatly contributing to improving the performance of next-generation data centers and analytical systems.
