Why Attend?

As the industry looks ahead to PCI Express 8.0, PCI‑SIG DevCon 2026 is where architects and system designers come together to shape the future of high‑performance I/O—from AI accelerators and scale‑up fabrics to disaggregated, data‑intensive systems. Synopsys brings decades of PCIe leadership across architecture, compliance, and interoperability, along with a complete PCIe IP solution including trusted, proven PHY and controller, IDE security, verification IP, interface validation and compliance solutions with Hardware-assisted Verification platforms

Hear directly from Synopsys experts helping drive the PCIe ecosystem and learn how our end‑to‑end solutions reduce risk, accelerate time‑to‑market, and help future‑proof designs as the industry prepares for PCIe 8.0.

Synopsys Booth

PCIe 8.0 Controller Simulation with Link Training

Featuring a PCIe 8.0 controller simulation with full link training and link‑up signaling, supporting pre‑silicon architectural and protocol validation.

PCIe 8.0 TX Electrical Validation at 256 GT/s for Next‑Generation Systems

Featuring Synopsys PCIe PHY IP showcasing PCIe 8.0 TX electrical validation using Keysight’s N1010100A to demonstrate signal generation and measurement aligned with emerging PCIe 8.0 electrical requirements at 256 GT/s. 

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Partner Booths

Anritsu Booth

  • Featuring Synopsys PCIe 7.0 PHY IP with Anritsu and Tektronix’s instrumentation, showcasing PCIe 7.0 electrical testing to support high‑speed signal characterization and validation at emerging PCIe 7.0 data rates.

GRL Booth

  • Featuring Synopsys PCIe 7.0 PHY IP with GRL PS’ testing software platform, showcasing PCIe 7.0 electrical validation to support signal integrity analysis and TX/RX electrical compliance testing.

Keysight Booth

  • Featuring Synopsys PCIe 7.0 IP, showcasing PCIe 7.0 TX eye measurements (EH, EW, SNDR, RLM) and RX BER testing on a PCIe 7.0 evaluation board to support early signal integrity characterization at 128 GT/s.

  • Featuring Synopsys PCIe 6.0 IP, showcasing end-to-end hardware linkup and performance from root complex to endpoint using Keysight equipment.

Samtec Booth

  • Featuring Synopsys PCIe 7.0 PHY IP, showcasing loopback performance using Samtec’s NovaRay I/O and 2 m cable system for AI/ML and data‑center applications.

Teledyne LeCroy Booth

  • Featuring Synopsys PCIe 7.0 PHY IP with Teledyne LeCroy tools, showcasing transmitter equalization, eye diagram generation, and measurement of SNDR, jitter, and receiver performance.

Presentations

Day 1 – Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Track 2: PCI‑SIG Architecture

Time  Session  Synopsys Speaker 
9:30 – 10:30 AM  PCI‑SIG Architecture Overview  Richard Solomon, Technical Marketing Manager, Synopsys 
10:30 – 11:30 AM  PCI Express Basics  Richard Solomon, Technical Marketing Manager, Synopsys 

Track 3: Members Implementation 

Time  Session  Synopsys Speaker 
1:00 – 2:00 PM  System Level Correlation for PCIe 7 Over Optics  Monica Olvera, Product Manager, SerDes PHY IP, Synopsys 
2:00 – 3:00 PM  Enabling Scalable AI Infrastructure with PCIe Technology (MWG Panel)  Scott Knowlton, Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Synopsys (Moderator) 

Day 2 – Thursday, May 7, 2026

Track 2: PCI‑SIG Architecture 

Time  Session  Synopsys Speaker 
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM  PCIe Compliance: Protocol Deep Dive  Richard Solomon, Technical Marketing Manager, Synopsys