Cadence enhances PCIe verification IP

What does IP stand for?
(1) Internet Protocol is a basic communication language or protocol widely used in the Internet or a private network. It is a data-oriented protocol used for communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork. (2) Intellectual Property. A product of the intellect that has commercial value, including copyrighted property (literary or artistic works) and ideational property (patents, appellations of origin, business methods and industrial processes).

What is PCIe?
"PCIe or PCI Express is a high-speed peripheral interconnect introduced by Intel Corp. in 2002. Initially used for high-speed display adapters, and eyed to eventually replace the PCI and AGP buses entirely, PCIe was designed to match the higher speeds of today's CPUs. "