The leap from PCIe Gen4 to Gen5 doubled the data rate from 16GT/s to 32GT/s, and is capable of delivering up to 64GB/s of real-world transfer bandwidth, this transition has introduced a critical engineering problem: signal integrity. When data travels over an external cable—no matter how high-quality—the high-speed Gen5 signal quickly degrades due to attenuation and jitter. For the host system to correctly read the data, this signal must be clean. The Retimer Difference: Acti