Set of Solutions From PLDA Enabling PCIe 4.0 Design

PLDA announced a set of solutions allowing designers to create products optimized for PCIe 4.0.

PCIe 4.0 motherboards are not expected to be obtainable until 2017, but when they become available, the market will expect access to applications and components that can take advantage of PCIe 4.0’s speed and agility. By helping with project solutions now, the company enables designers to take advantage of the PCIe 4.0 market with less design lag.

To support their solution set, the firm has created a short video presentation outlining the steps designers can take to bring their PCIe 4.0 products to completion.

The slideware is featured on company’s website at and outlines considerations required to deliver PCIe 4.0 success including:

• Ways to choose the right technical architecture and feature set for a design

• Methods to validate and test a design on hardware at PCIe 4.0 speed

• Techniques to ensure an integration between the PCIe PHY IP and a PCIe controller

• Approaches to create teams that are trained on all of the specific aspects of PCIe 4.0 design

Additionally, the video presentation includes a demo, showinga PCIe 4.0 Controller IP running at 16GT/s on a generic PCIe Endpoint platform.

Arnaud Schleich, CEO, PLDA, said: “PCIe 4.0 is expected to deliver added speed and functionality that today’s market craves. By enabling our customers to take advantage of PCIe 4.0, we are giving them a time-to-market and cost-to-market advantage.