VIAVI Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAV) announced an investment in developing a new PCIe 7.0 protocol analysis testing platform, according to a company statement. The platform will include analyzers, exercisers and high-performance interposers from the company's Xgig family of products.

The company plans to showcase the Xgig PCIe 7.0 analysis chassis design at the PCI-SIG Developers Conference from May 6-7, 2026 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. This will mark the first public demonstration of the new design.

PCIe 7.0 operates at 128 GT/s data rates, doubling the bandwidth and throughput compared to the previous PCIe 6.0 specification. The technology enables applications across data centers, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum computing, IoT, automotive and defense sectors.

The new Xgig PCIe 7.0 platform will feature the Xgig Software Suite with Trace Control, Expert and Serialytics capabilities. It will provide analysis for PCIe, IDE, NVMe, and CXL 3.x protocols, along with Link Training and Status State Machine override testing, auto tuning, port bifurcation, and Python API scripting.

"Testing at PCIe 7.0 data rates will create increasing challenges for developers of chips, peripherals and systems," said Tom Fawcett, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Lab & Production, VIAVI. "As one of the few companies with expertise in PCIe compliance testing, VIAVI is proud to invest in this emerging ecosystem."

Conference attendees can view the Xgig 7P16 PCIe 7.0 chassis at VIAVI's booth during the event.