Analyst(s): Olivier Blanchard
Publication Date: June 23, 2025
Synopsys achieved PCIe 6.x interoperability with Broadcom’s PEX90000 switch at PCI-SIG DevCon 2025. The milestone helps reduce design risk and accelerates AI and HPC infrastructure deployments.
What is Covered in this Article:
- Synopsys and Broadcom demonstrate PCIe 6.x interoperability at 64 GT/s at PCI-SIG DevCon 2025.
- The collaboration reduces design risk and accelerates AI and HPC deployment.
- Synopsys’ PCIe 6.x IP solution includes PHY, controller, verification IP, and security IP.
- Over 100 PCIe 6.x implementations and 3,800 customer tapeouts highlight Synopsys’ leadership.
- PCIe 6.x interoperability supports next-gen AI workloads requiring high data throughput.
The News: Synopsys has successfully achieved PCIe 6.x interoperability with Broadcom’s PEX90000 series switch, showcased during PCI-SIG DevCon 2025. The demo ran at 64 Gigatransfers per second (GT/s), proving that Synopsys’ PCIe 6.x IP solution, including PHY and controller parts, works seamlessly with Broadcom’s switch.
This achievement aims to lower design risks and speed up AI and high-performance computing systems deployment. The successful integration means that future products combining Synopsys and Broadcom’s PCIe 6.x solutions will be able to scale easily to handle the growing demands of AI workloads.
Synopsys Demonstrates PCIe 6.x Interoperability With Broadcom at PCI-SIG DevCon 2025
Analyst Take: Synopsys hitting PCIe 6.x interoperability with Broadcom’s PEX90000 switch is a significant technical step as AI infrastructure keeps expanding. PCIe 6.x doubles the bandwidth to 64 GT/s, which directly helps meet the huge data transfer needs of AI and HPC workloads. Proving interoperability at full PCIe 6.x speeds gives system designers confidence that these solutions are ready for production.
Targeting AI Infrastructure Growth
This interoperability demo fits into Synopsys’ AI infrastructure strategy, where PCIe 6.x is key in enabling faster parallel processing. Large AI models need vast bandwidth to link GPUs, CPUs, and memory. Smooth operation with Broadcom’s PEX90000 switch shows Synopsys is prepared to help consistently deliver these data demands.
As AI infrastructure spending keeps climbing and ROI becomes increasingly critical to data center operators, OEMs, and hyperscalers can expect to gravitate towards vendors that offer validated, high-speed interconnect IP that will maximize resource utilization and reduce costs associated with system inefficiencies. Synopsys’s showing of a working solution at PCI-SIG DevCon 2025 makes its overall value proposition look pretty solid on this front.
Reducing Design Risk for AI and HPC Customers
Running at 64 GT/s gives customers confidence that using Synopsys’ PCIe 6.x IP won’t cause unexpected performance or compatibility problems. Reducing integration risk is crucial for companies trying to get AI and HPC products to market quickly. By removing uncertainty around interoperability, Synopsys lets customers focus their engineers on optimizing designs instead of troubleshooting integration. This can shorten development times and help companies seize fast-moving AI market opportunities. Having validated IP delivers real business value in a space where time-to-market is everything.
Strategic Timing to Capture Next-Gen Design Wins
This interoperability milestone comes at just the right time, as AI infrastructure investments and product development cycles are ramping up. Manufacturers are designing next-gen products to keep up with AI’s growing workload demands, creating a prime opportunity for vendors with proven IP. Synopsys showing it works smoothly with Broadcom’s leading PCIe 6.x switch puts it in a strong position to secure spots in these upcoming systems. This reinforces Synopsys’ role as a go-to provider for next-gen AI architectures, where high-bandwidth interconnects are key to scaling system performance.
Reinforcing IP Leadership with Proven Deployments
With over 100 PCIe 6.x implementations and more than 3,800 customer tapeouts across seven PCIe generations, Synopsys has built a strong track record in the PCIe IP market. The company offers a full PCIe solution stack, covering PHYs, controllers, verification IP, and security IP, making integration easier for customers. This one-stop approach allows chipmakers to work with a single vendor for all PCIe needs. That depth of experience stands out as PCIe 6.x adoption grows across advanced AI and data center projects.
What to Watch:
- Broadcom and Synopsys will need to maintain ecosystem-wide compatibility across multiple vendors as AI systems scale.
- PCIe 6.x adoption hinges on continued successful interoperability with other critical system components.
- Potential competition from alternative interconnect standards may influence PCIe 6.x deployment rates.
- Ongoing AI workload growth will drive further demand for high-bandwidth IP solutions like Synopsys’ PCIe 6.x portfolio.
See the complete press release on Synopsys’ PCIe 6.x interoperability milestone on the Synopsys website.
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Author Information
Olivier Blanchard is Research Director, Intelligent Devices. He covers edge semiconductors and intelligent AI-capable devices for Futurum. In addition to having co-authored several books about digital transformation and AI with Futurum Group CEO Daniel Newman, Blanchard brings considerable experience demystifying new and emerging technologies, advising clients on how best to future-proof their organizations, and helping maximize the positive impacts of technology disruption while mitigating their potentially negative effects. Follow his extended analysis on X and LinkedIn.
