Alaska P PCIe Retimers Engineered for the Scale-up Domain
At DesignCon 2026, Marvell showcased a live demonstration of its Alaska P PCIe retimers. In this video, Staff Application Engineer Anushree Jumade walks through how these low‑power, low‑latency retimers built on 5nm SerDes IP enable high‑speed server connectivity, with support for PCIe 6.0, CXL 3.x and up to 40 dB insertion loss compensation. The product comes in two variants, 16 lane and eight lane, which can enable high speed communication between different components in servers. The demo highlights a 7‑meter active electrical cable powered by Alaska P retimers, delivering a x16 Gen 6 link at 16 GT/s per lane. Alaska retimers are PCIe 6 compliant and support CXL 3.x, which makes them excellent solutions for XPU scale up and emerging aggregate systems.
