Bluetooth｜May.
● Test Case Reference List (TCRL) Release
- Release Name: TCRL 2025-2
- Available Date: 2025-05-06
- Active (Mandatory) Date: 2025-08-04
- https://www.bluetooth.com/specifications/tcrl/
PCI Express｜May.
● PCI-SIG Compliance Workshop #135
- July 28, 2025 – August 1, 2025 Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport South San South Francisco, CATBD
● PCI-SIG Developers Conference Korea
- September 22, 2025 Sofitem Ambassador Seoul Hotel Seoul, South Korea
● PCI Express Base Specification Revision 7.0 Version 0.9
- Review period closes on Monday, May 19, 2025
Thunderbolt｜May.
● Intel certification subsidy of Thunderbolt 5 device will extend to the end of 2025.
USB｜May.
USB
● Basic signal quality testing for Full Speed (FS) and Low Speed (LS) devices no longer needs to be performed behind five tiers of hubs.
● Low Speed:
Low-speed devices must have a captive cable, so no specific cable requirement applies they should be tested as-is.
● Full Speed Cable Requirements:
- Standard-B: 5 meters
- Mini-B: 4.5 meters
- Micro-B: 2 meters
- USB-C: 4 meters
USB Type-C/ Power Delivery
● Reference of USB Power Delivery Specification Release Dates
Wi-Fi｜May.
● Extending the effective date of some ECNs from Dec 2026 to Dec 2027
- ECNs extended to December 2027:
- Protected Management Frames ECN_#00619 Protected Management Frames.pdf
- Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 6 ECN_#00617 Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6.pdf
- Wi‑Fi Agile Multiband ECN_#00615 Wi-Fi Agile Multiband.pdf
- Wi‑Fi Enhanced Open ECN_#00616 Wi-Fi Enhanced Open.pdf
- WPA2 ECN_#00618 WPA2.pdf
- WPA3 ECN_#00614 WPA3.pdf
- ECNs remaining December 2026:
- Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 6 (partial) ECN_#00617 Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6.pdf
- Note – only changes associated with the to 6 GHz Spectrum Capabilities for the 6 GHz device class capabilities will remain effective December 2026, all other changes are extended to December 2027
- Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 6 (partial) ECN_#00617 Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6.pdf
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- Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED 7 ECN_#00620 Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7.pdf