Webinar Abstract

Serial data links are nowadays employed almost everywhere. Within a traditional computer system, we can find a variety of links with various bandwidth requirements such as DDR3 (1.6Gb/s), SATA (3Gb/s), USB (5Gb/s), and PCIe (8Gb/s) links. The industry’s demand for higher quantity and quality of information requires serial links to further support higher bandwidths. The goal of this presentation is to introduce the main principles of serial links, the common architectures employed and the limitations to increasing the data rates.

Speaker’s Bio

Serial data links are nowadays employed almost everywhere. Within a traditional computer system, we can find a variety of links with various bandwidth requirements such as DDR3 (1.6Gb/s), SATA (3Gb/s), USB (5Gb/s), and PCIe (8Gb/s) links. The industry’s demand for higher quantity and quality of information requires serial links to further support higher bandwidths. The goal of this presentation is to introduce the main principles of serial links, the common architectures employed and the limitations to increasing the data rates.