VIAVI Solutions has announced a new investment in its PCIe 7.0 protocol analysis testing platform, which will feature a range of tools from the VIAVI Xgig family, including analyzers, exercisers, and high-performance interposers. This advanced Xgig PCIe 7.0 analysis chassis will be publicly unveiled for the first time at the PCI-SIG Developers Conference, taking place from May 6-7, 2026, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
PCI Express (PCIe) is a critical high-speed expansion bus standard used across various industries, including data centers, hyperscale computing, cloud, AI, machine learning, quantum computing, IoT, automotive, and defense. With PCIe 7.0 operating at 128 GT/s data rates, it delivers twice the bandwidth and throughput of the previous PCIe 6.0 standard.
A robust platform designed to provide deep insights, the new Xgig PCIe 7.0 platform will include the familiar Xgig Software Suite with Trace Control, Expert and Serialytics. It provides full‑stack analysis for PCIe, IDE, NVMe, and CXL 3.x and beyond; Link Training and Status State Machine (LTSSM) override testing; auto tuning; port bifurcation; and Python API scripting. These advanced analysis capabilities will enable users to achieve more robust product performance and reduce troubleshooting time.
“PCIe 7.0 enables data to move faster inside servers between CPUs, GPUs, NICs, accelerators and memory, while providing support for PCIe over optics for longer-reach, rack-scale interconnects,” said Tom Fawcett, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Lab & Production, VIAVI. “Testing at PCIe 7.0 data rates will create increasing challenges for developers of chips, peripherals and systems. As one of the few companies with expertise in PCIe compliance testing, VIAVI is proud to invest in this emerging ecosystem.”
PCI-SIG Devcon attendees can learn more about VIAVI’s PCIe 7.0 roadmap and view an Xgig 7P16 PCIe 7.0 chassis at VIAVI’s booth #1.
