Next‑generation architecture promises clearer insights, faster compliance workflows, and higher performance for modern electronics design
Keysight Technologies has unveiled its next‑generation Infiniium XR8 real‑time oscilloscopes, marking a major leap forward for engineering teams facing increasingly complex high‑speed digital and compliance testing requirements. Designed for emerging standards such as USB4v2, DisplayPort 2.1, and DDR5, the XR8 promises faster validation cycles, higher signal fidelity, and a modernized workflow fit for today’s accelerated development timelines.
As data rates climb and interface standards continue to evolve, engineers are grappling with shrinking margins and longer debugging cycles. The XR8 tackles these challenges with a completely redesigned hardware and software platform, delivering breakthrough performance in both insight and efficiency. The scope’s new analog front‑end ASIC technology, paired with an integrated ADC and DSP digital engine, provides intrinsic jitter as low as 13 femtoseconds rms and noise levels below 130 µV at 8 GHz—ensuring unmatched clarity for high‑speed serial and memory interfaces.
“Engineers today need both precision and speed — the XR8 delivers exactly that.”
— Jun Chie, Vice President, Keysight Product Management
Keysight’s redesigned mechanical architecture further enhances usability, enabling quieter operation, reduced power consumption, improved thermal performance, and a compact footprint ideal for today’s dense lab environments.
The platform is powered by Infiniium 2026 software, which introduces a more responsive user experience, enhanced visualization tools, flexible waveform manipulation, and advanced analysis features such as jitter decomposition, PAM‑x evaluation, and equalization. Optimized multithreading accelerates acquisition, analysis, and reporting—cutting compliance testing time by up to 3x.
“The Infiniium XR8 preserves fidelity, accelerates workflows, and reduces lab constraints in one streamlined platform,” said Jun Chie, Vice President, Keysight Product Management, emphasizing the growing complexity of high‑speed design cycles.
Girish Baliga, General Manager, Industry Marketing at Keysight India, underscored the product’s importance for the country’s expanding innovation ecosystem.
“As India accelerates leadership in AI data centers, 5G‑Advanced, next‑gen computing, and aerospace & defense, the XR8 delivers the precision and performance engineers need to bring world‑class technologies to market faster.”
With the XR8, Keysight aims to empower global and Indian engineering teams to navigate next‑generation digital design with greater accuracy, speed, and confidence.