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PCI-SIG Completes CopprLink Cabling Standard: PCIe 5.0 & 6.0 Get Wired
y Ryan Smith on May 1, 2024 10:00 AM EST The PCI-SIG sends word over this morning that the special interest group has completed their development efforts on the group’s new PCI-Express cabling standard, CopprLink. Designed to go hand-in-hand with PCIe 5.0 and PCIe 6.0, CopprLink defines both internal and external copper cabling for the latest PCIe standards, giving system vendors and assemblers the ability to use wires to connect devices within a system, or even whole systems.
The PCI-SIG is expecting this version of the standard to be primarily adopted by the AI/Machine Learning markets, which need to move heaps of data between systems. Notably, however, they don’t really expect the storage market to make use of this spec – instead, they’ll be served by an updated version of the classic PCI Express External Cabling standard. In the meantime, with the internal and external CopprLink standards completed, the PCI-SIG is hoping to quickly move this cabling into production.
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