Skyworks’ Timing Solutions Meet Next-Generation PCIe Requirements
December 15 2022 - 8:01AM
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Si5332 Clock Family Supports Industry
Transition to PCIe 6.0
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWKS), today announced the
evolution of its Si5332 family of high-performance clock
generators, supporting the industry transition to PCI Express
Generation 6 (PCIe 6.0). According to PCI-SIG, new applications
including artificial intelligence, machine learning and edge
computing are driving the need for higher performance and increased
bandwidth interconnects for compute, switching and storage
platforms in data centers1. The Si5332 product family from Skyworks
supports PCIe 6.0 while maintaining backwards compatibility with
older PCIe standards.
“PCIe 6.0 is the future of the data center, and Skyworks is
helping IC suppliers design with confidence when they make the
transition to the latest PCIe standard,” said James Wilson, vice
president and general manager of timing products at Skyworks.
“Drawing from our decades of expertise in providing
high-performance, low-jitter timing solutions for high-speed serial
interconnect applications, we have qualified our Si5332 family to
provide reference timing for the newest PCIe 6.0 applications.”
PCIe 6.0 increases data rates to 64GT/s and enables bandwidths
as high as 256Gbps, effectively doubling the performance of PCIe
5.0. This latest upgrade to the PCIe standard ensures the
high-speed interconnects used in data center applications do not
become a bottleneck and complements the industry’s transition to
400G and 800G Ethernet. Unlike prior generations of the PCIe
standard that used NRZ signalling, PCIe 6.0 uses PAM4 modulation to
combine two bits into a single symbol with four amplitude levels.
This approach doubles the transfer speed but degrades the eye
diagram by replacing a single, large data eye with three smaller
data eyes. Using a low jitter PCIe reference clock maximizes the
PAM4 data eye opening and minimizes bit-error rate, which is
necessary for faster transfer speeds.
The Si5332’s any-frequency clock synthesis, low jitter operation
and support for PCIe 6.0 makes it ideally suited to replace fixed
function oscillators, clocks and buffers with a single IC. The
device features Skyworks proprietary MultiSynthTM fractional
divider technology, which provides any-frequency synthesis and
excellent jitter performance. The Si5332 is available in 6, 8 and
12-output options, with support for integrated format/level
translation, LVPECL, LVDS, HCSL and LVCMOS, and 1.8-3.3V VDDO
operation. When combined with support for PCIe 6.0, the Si5332 is
well suited to operate as a data center clock-tree-on-a-chip,
replacing multiple timing components with a highly integrated,
high-performance solution. Device samples are available now.
In addition to this Si5332 product announcement, Skyworks is
pleased to announce PCIe 6.0 support in its PCIe Jitter Tool. Long
regarded as the industry standard for measuring PCIe clocks and
evaluating compliance to PCIe jitter specs, the PCIe Jitter Tool
now allows users to take accurate jitter measurements on PCIe 6.0
reference clocks.
Skyworks will be exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show
Booth No. 10850, taking place in Las Vegas from Jan. 5-8, 2023.
About Skyworks
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is empowering the wireless networking
revolution. Our highly innovative analog and mixed signal
semiconductors are connecting people, places and things spanning a
number of new and previously unimagined applications within the
aerospace, automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure,
connected home, defense, entertainment and gaming, industrial,
military, smartphone, tablet and wearable markets.
Skyworks is a global company with engineering, marketing,
operations, sales and support facilities located throughout Asia,
Europe and North America and is a member of the S&P 500®
(Nasdaq: SWKS). For more information, please visit Skyworks’
website at: www.skyworksinc.com.
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1 PCIe® 6.0 Specification: The Interconnect for I/O Needs of the
Future, June 4, 2020
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