MIPI Alliance A-PHY Workshop Week, hosted by BitifEye Digital Test Solutions GmbH and supported by iPasslabs, successfully concluded at the iPasslabs Taipei. The event brought together industry experts from around the world to discuss MIPI A-PHY specifications and testing methodologies, exchange technical insights, and share practical experiences to advance the development of the standard. As MIPI A-PHY plays an increasingly important role in high-speed automotive connectivity, particularly for cameras, sensors, and ADAS applications, well-defined testing standards are essential to ensuring interoperability and signal reliability. We were delighted to once again provide our local support, bringing global experts together to collaborate and contribute to the next stage of standard development. A big thank you to BitifEye for organizing the event and to all participants for their valuable contributions! iPasslabs remains committed to supporting industry collaboration and advancing high-speed connectivity standards alongside our global partners.

Through our ongoing collaboration with HRD Corp, iPasslabs continues to provide technical training for AMD engineers in Malaysia, sharing our practical experience in PCIe testing area. This year, we took it to the next level with PCIe 6.0, focusing on the latest testing requirements, validation methodologies, and key considerations for 64 GT/s. We were also proud to have some of our talented young engineers lead part of the training, sharing their knowledge and hands-on experience with fellow engineers in Malaysia. Looking for high-speed interface training to your engineering team? iPasslabs provides customized corporate training programs covering: PCIe®, Ethernet, Compliance Testing, Signal Integrity and Validation Courses can be tailored to your team’s technical needs and product development goals. Contact iPasslabs: mkt@ipasslabs.com

This workshop focuses on official compliance testing for PCIe® 5.0 products, covering 2.5, 5, 8, 16, and 32 GT/s. As always, the iPasslabs team is supporting the Gold Suite, providing TX / PLL testing services. If your product development schedule does not align with an official PCI-SIG Compliance Workshop, you are no longer limited by a specific event date or location. iPasslabs is an Authorized Test Lab along with PCIe 4.0 & PCIe 5.0, allowing customers to schedule official compliance testing at our lab based on their own development timelines and obtain qualified test results for the PCI-SIG Integrators List. Before official compliance testing, iPasslabs also provides Pre-test services to help customers evaluate product performance, identify potential issues, and make necessary adjustments or debug in advance — improving testing efficiency and helping ensure a smoother certification process.

This week, PCI-SIG® Compliance Workshop #140 is taking place in South San Francisco, California. The workshop includes PCIe® 5.0 and PCIe® 6.x Integrators List testing, and marks the first official PCIe® 6.0 Compliance Testing, where successfully validated products will be listed on the PCI-SIG® Integrators List. As the only PCI-SIG® Authorized Test Lab (ATL) partner in Asia and Taiwan, the iPasslabs team has been actively involved throughout the entire PCIe® 6.0 development journey—from early specification discussions and PCI-SIG® Working Groups to every Pre-FYI Workshop and now the official Compliance Test Workshop. Through continuous participation in the official validation process, we have gained extensive first-hand expertise to help customers: ✅ Identify design risks early and reduce development costs ✅ Shorten validation and debugging cycles ✅ Improve first-pass success in official Compliance Testing ✅ Accelerate time-to-market If you're preparing for the next PCIe® 6.0 Compliance Testing, whether for Pre-Test, official compliance validation, debugging, or understanding the latest testing requirements, iPasslabs is ready to support you. Contact iPasslabs to help your PCIe® 6.0 products achieve compliance faster and bring them to market with confidence. 

Many products in the market continue to deploy on PCIe® 5.0 platforms, while increasing attention is being placed on the validation stage to ensure product performance, credibility, and stronger market competitiveness. To help customers accelerate validation processes without being limited by time or location, iPasslabs, a PCI-SIG® Authorized Test Lab, is now expanding its official compliance capability to support PCIe® 5.0 at 32.0 GT/s. Since becoming the first PCI-SIG® Authorized Test Lab (ATL) in Asia in 2025, iPasslabs has provided official compliance testing services for PCIe® 4.0 and PCIe® 5.0 up to 16.0 GT/s. We are now further expanding our capability to support PCIe® 5.0 32.0 GT/s official compliance testing, helping customers move more smoothly from Pre-test to Official Compliance Testing.  At the same time, PCIe® 6.0 has officially entered the compliance era. Starting from PCI-SIG® Compliance Test Workshop #140, PCIe® 6.0 products are eligible to register for official compliance testing. However, before official certification, Pre-test has become more critical than ever. With the introduction of 64.0 GT/s PAM4 signaling, PCIe® 6.0 significantly increases validation complexity and much higher demands on Signal Integrity, Interoperability, and testing know-how. With extensive experience supporting customer DUTs during official compliance validation and hands-on expertise gained from on-site participation in PCI-SIG® Compliance Workshops, iPasslabs helps customers reduce development risk, improve compliance readiness, and accelerate time-to-market.

Driven by the rapid advancement of AI, data centers are evolving in high-performance “Compute Factories” that power generative AI, large-scale model training, and high-speed inference. As networking architectures continue to evolve from 400G and 800G toward 1.6T, high-speed interconnect technologies have become a critical factor in determining overall computing efficiency. Ensuring interoperability, signal integrity, and system reliability across high-speed networking environments is now a key challenge for the industry. iPasslabs officially joined the InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) ecosystem this year and participated in the 43rd InfiniBand™ and RoCE Plugfest in June, marking an important milestone toward Scale-Out Networking validation technologies. Moving forward, iPasslabs will continue to actively engage in technical forums, plugfests, and standards collaboration related to InfiniBand, RoCE, Ethernet, and next-generation Scale-Out Network architectures, accelerating the development of advanced validation capabilities for AI networking infrastructure. Years of expertise in high-speed interface validation, iPasslabs delivers comprehensive solutions covering Ethernet, InfiniBand, optica Communication, and electrical integration tests. From simulation and analysis, pre-test services, to official interoperability validation, iPasslabs helps customers reduce design risks, overcome high-speed transmission challenges, and accelerate time-to-market. As an active member and working group partners of the IEEE, PCI-SIG®, and IBTA, iPasslabs is deeply involved in these technical standards and ecosystem collaboration. By closely following the latest specifications and testing requirements, the company provides trusted, one-stop services aligned with evolving industry demands. In the global race to build AI infrastructure, iPasslabs is committed to becoming the industry's most trusted high-speed interconnect validation partner, empowering customers to meet the challenges of networking and AI data centers. As an active member and working group partners of the IEEE, PCI-SIG®, and IBTA, iPasslabs is deeply involved in these technical standards and ecosystem collaboration. By closely following the latest specifications and testing requirements, the company provides trusted, one-stop services aligned with evolving industry demands. In the global race to build AI infrastructure, iPasslabs is committed to becoming the industry's most trusted high-speed interconnect validation partner, empowering customers to meet the challenges of networking and AI data centers.

Collaboration focuses on PCI Express® and MIPI A-PHY® compliance testing, delivering certified validation services to a global customer base. iPasslabs Technology Co. Ltd. and BitifEye Digital Test Solutions GmbH have announced a strategic partnership to expand the global availability of authorized test services for high-speed digital interfaces. To meet the growing demands of AI and Smart Vehicle ecosystems worldwide, the collaboration focuses initially on PCI Express and MIPI A-PHY, with future extensions planned for USB®, IEEE/OIF, and other emerging standards. By combining the members’ complementary expertise in test system development, automation and service delivery, the partnership offers certified testing through the companies’ global network. BitifEye, based in Germany, and iPasslabs, headquartered in Taiwan, will jointly pursue international business development and the provision of Authorized Test Laboratory (ATL) services. “In response to the global trends in Artificial Intelligent technology, we are honored to announce this collaboration, which will overcome regional barriers and create a win-win for both parties. Through our partnership with BitifEye, we can now reach and provide PCIe testing services to a wider range of European customers. Also, by leveraging BitifEye's professional expertise and strengths, we can make iPasslabs' testing services more comprehensive to enhance the value of our company”, said Eric Shen, Co-founder and CEO of iPasslabs. This partnership creates a strong foundation for scaling compliance test capacity to overcome previous limitations, while maintaining the highest technical standards. Customers will benefit from faster time-to-compliance, better regional accessibility – including, for the first time, in Europe – and trusted services aligned with PCI-SIG® and MIPI Alliance programs. “This partnership with iPasslabs enables us to better serve our customers globally. The new joint test lab in Böblingen, Germany, operated by BitifEye iPasslabs Test Services Europe GmbH, and combined with iPasslabs’ Asia Pacific locations, allows us to deliver high quality testing solutions and expertise to PCI Express and MIPI A-PHY adopters around the world”, said Alexander Schmitt, CEO and co-founder of BitifEye.” Next steps include the coordination of joint services for PCIe 4.0 and 5.0 compliance testing as well as a MIPI A-PHY Compliance Program Test Event which will be held at iPasslabs in Taipei, Taiwan, from December 8 to 12, 2025. Further service expansion is anticipated in 2026. About BitifEye BitifEye Digital Test Solutions GmbH is a recognized market leader in physical-layer receiver testing for high-speed digital interfaces. Founded in 2005 and headquartered near Stuttgart, Germany, the company provides specialized automated test solutions and actively contributes to international standardization committees that define today’s digital interconnect technologies. BitifEye develops the ValiFrame Test Automation software and complementary test accessories that integrate seamlessly with Keysight Technologies’ instrumentation. Together, BitifEye and Keysight offer highly automated, application-specific test systems used by semiconductor and consumer electronics companies, as well as by independent test laboratories. BitifEye understands digital bus standards and provides compliance and conformance test products for PCI Express®, Serial ATA®, SAS, USB®, HDMI®, DisplayPort®, MIPI M-PHY®, MIPI D-PHY®, MIPI C-PHY®, UFS®, Automotive Ethernet, MIPI A-PHY® and more. BitifEye is the only certified test lab in Europe authorized to offer PCIe 4.0 and 5.0 compliance testing, in partnership with iPasslabs. For more information, please visit: https://www.bitifeye.com/

With the trend in the automotive industry moving toward autonomous driving, intelligent cockpits, and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) connectivity, the demand for long-distance, high-speed, and highly reliable data transmission within vehicles is increasing. To help accelerate the adoption of the MIPI A-PHY specification, the MIPI A-PHY Compliance Program Test Event will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, from December 8 to 12, 2025. It is jointly hosted by MIPI Alliance, BitifEye Digital Test Solutions GmbH, and iPasslabs, and will take place at the iPasslabs Taipei laboratory. This event will provide for the first time ever MIPI A-PHY physical layer validation services in Asia as well as strong technical support to the smart automotive industry. Please find the event details here . If you are interested in participation, please let MIPI A-PHY know by submitting the interest form. In the past, connections between in-vehicle sensors, displays, and electronic control units relied on proprietary technologies from various vendors, lacking a common standard. MIPI A-PHY is the industry’ s first standardized automotive high-speed transmission interface, designed as a SerDes physical layer specifically for automotive applications. Its features include long-reach and high-speed transmission, asymmetric data link, and high reliability. It is primarily used in applications such as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), in-vehicle infotainment systems (IVI), and supporting functional safety and security. As an open standard, many key vendors, including Bosch, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Intel, Samsung, and Sony, have joined its ecosystem. This means automakers can source compatible components from different suppliers, reducing single-vendor risk and lowering costs through production at scale. For the MIPI A-PHY Compliance Program Test Event at iPasslabs in Taipei, iPasslabs will provide advanced test equipment and a professional technical team to assist participating member companies in validating their MIPI A-PHY related products. For instrument vendors and the member companies, this is a rare opportunity to obtain highly valuable test results, which can be used to optimize their products or technology. As a leading provider of the high-speed signal transmission validation service, iPasslabs is continuously expanding our professional expertise and is committed to providing the most comprehensive high-speed signal validation services. To this end, iPasslabs honorly has established a strategic partnership with BitifEye. This event marks a great start to our collaboration. BitifEye plays a key role in the development of MIPI A-PHY standards, and their extensive experience and technical capabilities bring significant value to iPasslabs. Together, we aim to provide top-tier professional services to customers worldwide, creating a win-win situation. “We are excited about our partnership with iPasslabs. Our new, joint test lab, operated by BitifEye iPasslabs Test Services Europe GmbH (BITS) in Boeblingen, Germany, and iPasslab’s test labs in Asia Pacific, offer MIPI A-PHY adopters global services and expertise”, said Alexander Schmitt, CEO and co-founder of BitifEye. "We are honored to receive the recognition from the MIPI Alliance following our partnership with BitifEye, and subsequently the MIPI A-PHY Compliance Test Event will be held at iPasslabs in Taipei," said Eric Shen, CEO of iPasslabs. "Leveraging our expertise as PCIe Authorized Test Lab and our capabilities in high-speed signal validation, iPasslabs will make efforts to ensure the success of this event. Our goal is to enable that all vendors dedicated to MIPI A-PHY chip development and full-system integration can obtain the necessary information and solutions from this event, accelerating their go-to-market timelines and meeting their demands." About the MIPI A PHY Compliance Test Program Initiated by the A-PHY Working Group, the compliance program is being established to help ensure that MIPI A-PHY® and A-PHY-related specifications in MIPI's Automotive SerDes Solutions (MASS™) framework meet the industry’s needs and requirements. The program focuses on testing A-PHY first, using the recently published A-PHY Reference Compliance Test Suite. Please find the event details here: https://www.mipi.org/a-phy-compliance-program-test-event-december-2025 For more information, please visit: https://www.mipi.org/specifications/a-phy About BitifEye BitifEye Digital Test Solutions GmbH is a recognized market leader in physical-layer receiver testing for high-speed digital interfaces. Founded in 2005 and headquartered near Stuttgart, Germany, the company provides specialized automated test solutions and actively contributes to international standardization committees that define today’s digital interconnect technologies. BitifEye develops the ValiFrame Test Automation software and complementary test accessories that integrate seamlessly with Keysight Technologies’ instrumentation. Together, BitifEye and Keysight offer highly automated, application-specific test systems used by semiconductor and consumer electronics companies, as well as by independent test laboratories. BitifEye understands digital bus standards and provides compliance and conformance test products for PCI Express®, Serial ATA®, SAS, USB®, HDMI®, DisplayPort®, MIPI M-PHY®, MIPI D-PHY®, MIPI C-PHY®, UFS®, Automotive Ethernet, MIPI A-PHY® and more. BitifEye is the only certified test lab in Europe authorized to offer PCIe 4.0 and 5.0 compliance testing, in partnership with iPasslabs. For more information, please visit https://www.bitifeye.com/ About iPasslabs Established in 2021, iPasslabs became a PCI-SIG Authorized Test Lab within four years, making it the first one in Asia. iPasslabs is dedicated to providing the industry's most advanced and professional high-speed signal transmission interface turnkey services. From initial simulation and validation tests to customized load boards and test fixtures, iPasslabs efficiently assists customers in completing their product development phases and accelerating their time-to-market. Its clientele, spanning countries such as Taiwan, the United States, South Korea, Malaysia, and Israel, includes key players in the AI ecosystem developing critical components like AI accelerators and AI servers.

Anritsu Corporation is pleased to announce that iPasslabs Technology Co., Ltd. has successfully been certified as a PCI-SIG Authorized Test Lab by utilizing the Anritsu Signal Quality Analyzer-R MP1900A. This enables iPasslabs to provide PCI Express® (PCIe) receiver sensitivity and other compliance certification services to customers worldwide. As an industry-leading test lab, iPasslabs is dedicated to high-speed communication interface testing, as well as signal integrity simulation and analysis. In collaboration with Credo, iPasslabs has also completed the industry’s first PCIe 6.0 Retimer performance validation. Credo’s PCIe 6.0 Retimer leverages low-latency, low-power digital signal processors (DSPs) and SerDes technologies to significantly extend PCIe transmission distances within AI and server systems, addressing the growing demands of high-performance data centers and modern network infrastructure. Anritsu’s MP1900A automated verification system includes pre-system calibration and jitter tolerance testing. Its ability to perform automatic, iterative calibration and verification ensures stable and fast test results, offering crucial support for optimizing data center network architectures, AI computing accelerators, and large Ethernet switch designs. At the core of this system lies the Signal Quality Analyzer-R MP1900A — a high-performance, multi-channel bit error rate tester (BERT) that delivers comprehensive measurement capabilities. It fully supports the R&D and design requirements of next-generation network interfaces such as 800G/1.6T Ethernet, as well as high-speed bus interfaces including PCI Express 6.0/7.0, USB4 v2, and Thunderbolt™. The MP1900A features a built-in Pulse Pattern Generator (PPG) that delivers industry-leading waveform quality, with ultra-low intrinsic jitter (115 fs rms), and a high-sensitivity Error Detector (ED) capable of detecting signals as low as 15 mV. It also integrates multiple jitter generation sources (SJ, RJ, SSC, BUJ), common-mode and differential-mode interference sources (CM-I/DM-I), and white noise generation. Furthermore, with support for link training and Link Training and Status State Machine (LTSSM) analysis, it comprehensively supports various applications including compliance testing, margin testing, and troubleshooting. “The Anritsu MP1900A is a critical tool that enables iPasslabs to support our customers in high-speed receiver signal measurements, debugging, and characterization,” said Eric Shen, CEO of iPasslabs Technology. He noted that the collaboration with Anritsu began at the company’s founding. With the support of Anritsu’s Bit Error Rate Testers (BERTs) and Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs), iPasslabs has been able to quickly meet customers’ needs for testing, debugging, and signal integrity analysis. Eric Shen further emphasized that iPasslabs is now fully equipped to perform complete receiver jitter tolerance testing for PCIe 6.0 and 400G/800G high-speed Ethernet applications. Looking ahead, iPasslabs anticipates continued collaboration with Anritsu on next-generation testing needs, including PCIe 7.0 and ultra-high-speed Ethernet at 1.6 Tbps and 3.2 Tbps. At Credo, helping to enable the test ecosystem is an important step in accelerating the adoption of PCIe 6.0 products,” said Phil Kumin, AVP of Product at Credo. “We were excited to work with iPasslabs and Anritsu in enabling PCIe 6.0 retimer performance verification.” “With the rapid growth of AI servers and related markets, the demand for high-speed interface testing has surged. However, few certified labs currently possess the comprehensive testing capabilities required to meet these evolving needs,” said Ivan Chen, General Manager of Anritsu Taiwan. “Anritsu is honored to support iPasslabs in establishing a PCI-SIG certified test lab with our high-performance Signal Quality Analyzer-R MP1900A and expert technical support, and to have collaborated on the successful validation of Credo’s PCIe 6.0 Retimer chip—helping lay a solid foundation for the global high-speed market.” About iPasslabs Technology iPasslabs Technology Co., Ltd., established in 2021 by a team of experts with over 20 years of experience in high-speed signal interface technologies, is located in the Neihu, Taipei, Taiwan. The company specializes in providing high-speed signal testing services, signal integrity (SI) simulation and analysis, power integrity (PI) simulation and analysis, as well as distribution and technical support for Wilder Technologies test fixtures. In addition, iPasslabs actively collaborates with PCI-SIG, serving as a key contributor to its working groups. In June 2025, iPasslabs was officially recognized as a PCI-SIG PCIe Authorized Test Lab. iPasslabs began offering its own brand of PCIe 5.0 high-speed test fixtures in 2022. In June 2025, it officially launched a comprehensive lineup of PCIe 6.0 test fixtures and DataCom ISI boards. All product designs, components, and manufacturing processes are fully compliant with PCI-SIG and IEEE 802.3 specifications. For more information, please visit: https://www.ipasslabs.com/ About Credo Technology Credo’s mission is to advance high-speed connectivity solutions that deliver optimized performance, reliability, energy efficiency, and security for the next generation of AI driven applications, cloud computing, and hyperscale networks. Optimized for both optical and electrical applications, our solutions support port speeds up to 1.6Tb. At the core of our technology is our proprietary Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) IP. Our diverse solutions portfolio includes system-level products such as Active Electrical Cables (AECs), a range of Integrated Circuits, including Retimers, Optical DSPs, SerDes chipsets, and SerDes IP Licensing. For more information, please visit https://www.credosemi.com. Follow Credo on LinkedIn. Credo and the Credo logo are registered trademarks of Credo Technology Group Limited in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. About Anritsu Anritsu Corporation (www.anritsu.com) is a global provider of innovative communications test and measurement solutions. The company’s philosophy engages customers as true partners to help develop wireless, optical, microwave/RF, and digital solutions for R&D, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance applications, as well as multidimensional service-assurance solutions for network monitoring and optimization. Anritsu also provides precision microwave/RF components, optical devices, and high-speed electrical devices for communication products and systems. The company develops advanced solutions for 5G, M2M, IoT, as well as other emerging and legacy wireline and wireless communication markets. Anritsu sells in over 90 countries worldwide with approximately 4,000 employees.