PCI-SIG CopprLink Cable Specs for PCIe 5.0 and 6.0 Technology
Provide signaling at 32.0 and 64.0GT/s, and extend PCIe channel reach for applications including storage, data centers, AI, ML and disaggregated memory.
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on May 7, 2024 at 2:01 pmPCI-SIG, the organization responsible for the widely adopted PCIe standard, announced the release of the CopprLink Internal and External Cable specs.
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The CopprLink Cable specs provide signaling at 32.0 and 64.0GT/s and leverage well-established industry standard connector form factors maintained by SNIA.
“The CopprLink Cable specifications integrate PCIe cabling seamlessly with the PCIe electrical base specification, providing longer channel reach and topological flexibility,” said Al Yanes, president and chairperson, PCI-SIG. “The CopprLink Cables are intended to evolve with the same connector form factors, scale for future PCIe technology generations and meet the demands of emerging applications. The Electrical Work Group has already begun pathfinding work on CopprLink Cables for PCIe 7.0 technology at 128.0GT/s, showcasing PCI-SIG’s commitment to the CopprLink Cable specifications.”
CopprLink internal cable specification
- Supports PCIe 5.0 and 6.0 technology signaling at 32.0 and 64.0GT/s
- Includes the SNIA SFF-TA-1016 connector form factor
- Maximum of 1m reach within a single system
- Example implementations include motherboard-to-add-in-card, motherboard-to-backplane, chip-to-chip and add-in-card-to-backplane in a self-contained server platform node
- Target applications include storage and data center compute nodes
CopprLink external cable specification
- Supports PCIe 5.0 and 6.0 technology signaling at 32.0 and 64.0GT/s
- Includes the SNIA SFF-TA-1032 connector form factor
- Maximum of up to 2m reach in rack-to-rack connections
- Example implementations include CPU-to-storage, CPU-to-memory, CPU-to-accelerator, and accelerator fabrics in disaggregated server platform nodes
- Target applications include storage and data center AI/ML use cases
The CopprLink Internal and External Cable specifications are available for PCI-SIG members to download.
Resources:
Blog history of PCI-SIG cabling efforts: PCIe Cabling – The Journey to CopprLink blog post.
PCI-SIG CopprLink Cable Specifications Member Quote Sheet
Upcoming PCI-SIG Developers Conference 2024, June 12-13, 2024 in Santa Clara, CA
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