Rambus Delivers PCIe 6.0 Controller for Next-Generation Data Centers

[TheLostSwede]

Rambus Inc., a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, today announced the availability of its PCI Express (PCIe ) 6.0 Controller. The PCIe specification is the interconnect of choice across a broad landscape of data-intensive markets including data center, AI/ML, HPC, automotive, IoT, defense and aerospace. Optimized for power, area and latency, the Rambus PCIe 6.0 controller delivers data rates up to 64 Gigatransfers per second (GT/s) for high-performance applications. In addition, the controller provides state-of-the-art security with an Integrity and Data Encryption (IDE) engine that monitors and protects PCIe links against physical attacks.

"The rapid advancement of AI/ML and data-intensive workloads requires that we continue to provide higher data rate solutions with best-in-class latency, power and area," said Sean Fan, chief operating officer at Rambus. "As the latest addition to our portfolio of industry-leading interface IP, our PCIe 6.0 Controller offers customers an easy to integrate solution that delivers both performance and security for advanced SoCs and FPGAs."




Key features of the Rambus PCIe 6.0 Controller include:

• Supports PCIe 6.0 specification including 64 GT/s data rate and PAM4 signaling
• Supports fixed-sized FLITs that enable high-bandwidth efficiency
• Implements low-latency Forward Error Correction (FEC) for link robustness
• Internal data path size automatically scales up or down (256, 512, 1024 bits) based on max. link speed and width for reduced gate count and optimal throughput
• Backward compatible to PCIe 5.0, 4.0 and 3.0/3.1
• Supports Endpoint, Root-Port, Dual-Mode and Switch port configurations
• Integrated IDE optimized for performance

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[DeathtoGnomes]

So soon after Phison just released the PCIe5 controller Jan 3rd.

 

[R-T-B]

So soon after Phison just released the PCIe5 controller Jan 3rd.

Phisons is targeted at consumer markets whereas this is a pure datacenter part though.

 

[chodaboy19]

When I hear the name RAMBUS, I still wince...

 

[Wirko]

Phisons is targeted at consumer markets whereas this is a pure datacenter part though.

The differences do not end here, Phison's product is a SSD controler and, more importantly, it's a physical product.

 

[gmn 17]

real speed

 

[Darksword]

When I hear the name RAMBUS, I still wince...

Same. I cheered when Intel broke free of their captivity.

DIAF, RAMBUS.

 

[Fouquin]

Same. I cheered when Intel broke free of their captivity.

DIAF, RAMBUS.

Mmm, smells like a 20 year old grudge.

You know they're barely even the same company anymore. A lot of their DRAM/VRAM PHYs are in use by just about every design lab. Rambus dying would be a pretty big dent in the R&D of high speed interconnects and controllers that people rely on for their designs.