First-Pass Silicon Success for Synopsys PCIe 5.0 PHY on TSMC N3E

I am thrilled to share the Synopsys PCIe 5.0 PHY on TSMC N3E is operating at 32 GT/s with clear, wide-open eyes. Synopsys IP solutions have passed PCI-SIG 5.0 Compliance Testing and we were the first IP to be listed on the 5.0 Integrators List.

PCI Express is the most widely adopted and extensible interconnect technology in history. As the leading supplier of IP solutions for PCIe, Synopsys enables cloud computing, storage, and AI SoC to achieve the requirements for real-time data connectivity with low-latency and high-performance.

Synopsys and TSMC have partnered closely to provide our mutual customers with a broad portfolio of high-quality IP for many generations of TSMC’s processes.

Summary

The tapeout included a wide range of IP to help our HPC data center, automotive, consumer and enterprise customers achieve first-pass silicon success on TSMC’s most advanced process technologies:

???????Multi-Protocol 112G PHY x4

???????PCIe 6.0 (64 Gbps) PHY x4; PCIe 5.0 (25GbE) MP32G PHY x4; PCIe 4.0 (16.0 Gbps) PHY x4

???????DDR5 PHY (8.4 Gbps)

???????LPDDR5X/5/4X PHY (8533 Mbps, 9600 Mbps overclocked)

???????eUSB2 PHY; USB-C 3.2 PHY

???????MIPI C-PHY/D-PHY Combo RX 6.5G/6.5G