In addition to the development of s

In addition to the development of standards for the
high-speed interconnect protocol, several semiconductor
and telecommunications companies have formed an
alliance to provide a common physical implementation
standard for the high-speed interconnect at 10 Gb/s. The
alliance has formed the Unified 10 Gb/s Physical-layer
Initiative (UxPI) [2]. Simply stated, the goal of the UxPI
is to provide a common physical layer across all highspeed
IO standards, organizations and markets.