TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — AI connectivity firm Astera Labs announced Friday it’s partnering with Taiwanese server makers Inventec, Quanta, Wistron, and Wiwynn for its next-generation PCIe 6 solutions.

PCIe 6 is a serial computer expansion bus standard that offers a raw data rate of 64 GT/s (gigatransfers per second), critical for large-scale AI applications and cloud data centers. The company’s PCIe 6 product lineup aims to scale AI racks with high-speed optical links for next-gen systems, per Anue.

Its PCIe 6 silicon and modules are used in multiple AI platforms and hyperscale customers, per UDN. The four Taiwanese partners will provide system-level support to integrate these technologies into next-generation AI servers and data centers.

Inventec President Lin Shu-ju (林書如) said PCIe 6 plays a vital role in meeting the explosive demand for low-latency server interconnects. He credited Astera Labs’ PCIe expertise for accelerating Inventec’s AI platform development.

Lin Chien-liang (林建良), president of Client Products Business Group at Wistron, highlighted Astera Labs’ full-stack product suite as essential to building reliable, high-speed AI server infrastructure.

Founded in 2017, Astera Labs went public on Nasdaq this March and counts AMD, Intel, and Nvidia among its top partners. In a strategic move, the company announced last year that it would open its first Cloud-Scale Interop Lab in Taiwan to work even more closely with local original design manufacturers. Industry analysts expect firms like Quanta and Foxconn to benefit from the expansion.