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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