PCI Express｜May.

● PCIe 6.0 Preliminary FYI Workshop

• Date: June 3 –  7, 2024
• Location: Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport, South San Francisco, California

Thunderbolt ｜May.

● New subsidy plan:

• Intel won’t subsidize TBT3/TBT4 devices from April 2024.
• There are two subsidy conditions for TBT5 device:

  – 100% subsidy of EV+FV test fees:
  If the device can pass certification test in two months after mass production of TBT5 silicon(Barlow Ridge).

  – 50% subsidy of EV+FV test fees:
  If the device can pass certification test by the end of 2024. *Pre-EV test fees still need to be paid by vendor.
  *The mass production of TBT5 silicon will be in June or August.

Wi-Fi ｜May.

● Wi-Fi Agile Multiband specification has been updated to add functionality pertaining to Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation

● Affected documents: Wi-Fi Agile Multiband Specification v1.6

• Effective immediately