Prodigy Technovations Enhances I3C Protocol Exerciser and Analyzer with Advanced Application-Level Protocol NVMe-MI, SPDM and PLDM Support

Prodigy Technovations Pvt. Ltd., provider in protocol analysis and validation solutions, announced enhancements to its PGY-I3C-EX-PD I3C protocol exerciser and analyzer, adding support for higher-level management protocols increasingly used in modern computing platforms.As systems evolve to support AI workloads, HPC, DDR5 memory, and CXL platforms, the I3C interface is emerging as a backbone for platform management and device communication. The enhanced PGY-I3C-EX-PD enables engineers to validate application-layer protocols over I3C, including MCTP, NVMe-MI, SPDM, and PLDM.

These protocols enable key functions such as device discovery, telemetry monitoring, firmware updates, authentication, and secure communication across next-gen computing systems. By supporting validation of both I3C transport and higher-level protocols, the PGY-I3C-EX-PD helps engineers accelerate development and improve reliability.This video showcases the enhanced PGY-I3C-EX-PD with a new UI and added support for NVMe-MI, SPDM, PLDM, and MCTP over I3C. Engineers can now validate both transport and application-layer protocols, enabling efficient testing of platform management, security, and device communication in AI, DDR5, CXL, and high-performance computing systems.

“The growth of AI infrastructure and high-performance computing platforms is changing how devices communicate, manage system intelligence,” said Godfree Coelho, founder and CEO, Prodigy Technovations. “I3C is becoming an important interface for platform management across servers, storage, and memory subsystems. With these enhancements, engineers can validate both the I3C protocol and the management protocols built on top of it.“

The PGY-I3C-EX-PD provides a platform for protocol exercising, traffic generation, protocol decode, and error analysis, allowing engineers to test real-world scenarios during development. It can operate as an I3C Controller, Target, or Secondary Controller, enabling validation across multiple architectures.

The solution also supports I2C controller and target emulation, allowing testing of hybrid I2C/I3C environments common in modern SoC designs. Features such as error injection, margin testing, protocol triggering, and continuous streaming capture help engineers validate system communication and robustness.

New UI for its PGY-I3C-EX-PD, enhancing usability for complex I3C and application-layer protocol validation.
With added support for NVMe-MI, SPDM, and PLDM, engineers can now validate platform management, security,
and device communication more efficiently across AI, HPC, and next-gen computing systems.
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