Semtech Corporation announced that its PCI Express(R) (PCIe(R)) 3.0 PHY IP, part of the Snowbush(R) IP platform, successfully completed the rigorous testing of the PCI-SIG(R) and is now on the PCIe 3.0 Integrators List. The PCI-SIG integrators list maintains the gold standard by which companies developing PCI(TM) products make IP purchasing decisions. PCI-SIG Compliance Workshop testing includes electrical, configuration and protocol testing against the PCI-SIG PCIe 3.0 golden test suites as well as interoperability testing with PCIe 3.0 products available in the market now.

The Snowbush IP PHY passed all the golden test suites, which include electrical testing of the PHY's receiver operation and jitter tolerance, transmit equalization procedure, transmit de-emphasis and PLL loop bandwidth testing. Additionally, the Snowbush IP achieved a 100% pass rate on the interoperability testing portion of the workshop. The PCI Express PHY IP used in the compliance workshop testing is available immediately.

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