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PCI-SIG announces PCIe 8.0 spec with twice the bandwidth — 1TB/s of peak bandwidth, 256 GT/s per lane, and a possible new connector

The PCI-SIG consortium has officially announced the development of the PCI Express 8.0 specification. This new version is set to double data transfer rate to 256 GT/s per lane. In addition to the ...
Digital Trends

Here’s why PCIe 7 will be a major upgrade when it comes to your PC

PCIexpress 7, or PCIe 7, is the next (next) generation of PCI Express technology that will increase the available bandwidth for all add-in cards on your desktop PC. I know, I know — you may still be ...
ExtremeTech

PCIe 8 Will Give GPUs and SSDs Up to A Terabyte Per Second of Bandwidth

The PCI Special Interest Group (SIG) managing the development of the PCIexpress interface has announced that the official specification for PCIe 8 will be ratified in 2028, and if you look closely, it ...
Ars Technica

Splitting all that PCIe 5.0 bandwidth into more PCIe 3.0/4.0 lanes?

PCIe 5.0 has a lot of bandwidth to tap, but it’s been a year with nothing to use it with. With the introduction of Nvidia’s PCIe 4.0-only graphics card and stories of upcoming PCIe 5.0 SSDs needing ...
ExtremeTech

Towards PCIe 7.0 and Blazing Fast Storage: Why Engineers Have Hit The Gas on Interconnect Standards

PCI Express 7.0 should be released by 2025, with hardware landing somewhere between 2026 - 2028. Why has performance been growing so rapidly after sitting still for seven years? We investigate. Share ...
TechSpot

PCI Express Bandwidth Test: PCIe 4.0 vs. PCIe 3.0 Gaming Performance & Limited VRAM Memory Buffers

This month AMD will finally release their first entry-level RDNA2-based gaming product, the Radeon RX 6500 XT. This new GPU is set to come in at a $200 MSRP, though of course we expect it to cost more ...
Ars Technica

PCI Express 6.0 spec is finalized, doubling bandwidth for SSDs, GPUs, and more

256GB/s is about 84% of the total memory bandwidth of a 2P server today, more than a single die can handle. I know this is a forward looking spec, but it seems like PCIe is getting out well ahead of ...
PC World

PCIe 6.0 devices poised for 2025 launch, ushering in next-gen connectivity

Over the past few years, high-end PCs have come to be associated with PCI Express 5.0, the infrastructure that connects graphics cards and SSDs. That’s close to changing, as the PCI Special Interest ...
PC Gamer

PCIe 7.0 is on track for a 2025 release, which means SSDs with speeds of up to 60GB/s should be available in the coming years

PCI Express 7.0 is coming! But don't feel as though you need to start saving for a new motherboard anytime soon. The PCI-SIG has just released the 0.5 version, with the final version set for release ...
Streaming Media Magazine

Sonnet Announces Four Thunderbolt™ to PCIe® Card Expansion Solutions Offering Doubled Bandwidth, Supporting Up to 2x Performance

Sonnet Technologies today announced the launch of Echo™ II DV Desktop, Echo II DV Rackmount, Echo II DV Module, and xMac™ Studio/Echo II DV, the newest members of the company’s award-winning family of ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Why Are Automotive SoC Designers Turning To PCI Express 6.0?

Just over two decades ago, the introduction of PCI Express 1.0 marked the industry’s transition from then-ubiquitous parallel to serial interfaces. Back in 2002, the potential of “PCIe” in automotive ...