SK hynix Selects Keysight Integrated PCIe 5.0 Test Platforms

Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that SK hynix, Inc. has selected the company’s integrated peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) 5.0 test platforms to speed the development of memory semiconductors used to design products capable of supporting high data speeds and managing massive amounts of data.

SK hynix develops memory semiconductor solutions with Compute Express Link (CXL) technology to support performance and capacity requirements of next gen mobile phones, computers, data servers and on-road vehicles. Keysight’s integrated solutions for physical layer simulation, characterization and validation of PCIe 5.0 devices enable SK hynix to speed test and development of next generation DRAM and PCIe devices with CXL high-speed memory interconnect technology.

“Keysight is pleased to deliver SK hynix PCIe 5.0 test solutions that validate the performance of high-capacity and power-efficient memory storage devices used in edge and cloud computing, data centers, 5G devices and radio access network equipment,” said Joachim Peerlings, VP, network and data center solutions, Keysight. “Keysight’s PCIe test platforms enable SK hynix to validate the performance of bandwidth memory expansion modules deployed in many fourth industrial revolution applications.”

The company is driving consistency in test results through its contributions in PCI SIG, a consortium responsible for specifying PCI standards. Consistency in test standards enables vendors to confidently launch PCIe 5.0 technology designs that interoperate as expected with other vendors’ products.

SK hynix Inc., headquartered in Korea, is a semiconductor supplier offering DRAM, NAND flash chips, and CMOS image sensors (CIS) for a range of customers globally.

Hyung-Soo Kim, head, DRAM AE, SK hynix, stated: “SK hynix greatly values Keysight’s expertise, especially the company’s PCIe 5.0 test solutions. Keysight’s oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, bit error ratio testers and PCIe transceiver (TRX) test solutions enable SK hynix to advance development of memory semiconductors based on both DRAM and NAND technologies.”

The company integrates hardware and software platforms to create solutions that let SK hynix perform both receiver and transmitting testing.

These include:

Infiniium UXR Series UXR0504A

• Infiniium UXR-Series real-time oscilloscope for visually representing variations of voltage signals as waveforms (UXR0504A)
• High-performance 64 Gbaud bit error ratio tester (BERT) for receiver testing (M8040A)
• PCIe 5 card electro-mechanical (CEM) receiver test automation software for testing, debugging and characterizing PCIe 5.0 CEM add-in cards and systems (N5991PC5A)
• PCIe 5.0 transmitter electrical performance validation and compliance software (D9050PCIC)