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PCI Express 2 Launching soon!; PCI Express 3 Details
Topic Started: Feb 8 2009, 01:40 PM (170 Views)
Warren
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PCI Express 2 is being released in October-December 2007 and early 2008. Now the group that is resposible for PCI Express has released a few specs for PCI Express 3 set for a 2010 release.

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PCI-SIG, the Special Interest Group responsible for PCI Express industry-standard I/O technology, announced today some of the key features of the PCI Express 3.0 interconnection technology, which is due to be deployed in 2010 and will have clock-speed of 8GHz, or 8 gigatransfers per second.

“Experts in the PCIe Electrical Workgroup analyzed both 10GT/s and 8GT/s as target bit rates for the next generation of PCIe architecture, and after careful consideration of several factors, including power, implementation complexity and silicon area, recommended 8GT/s,” said Al Yanes, PCI-SIG chairman.


PCI Express 3

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Luckily, you won't have to throw the baby out with the bathwater, because PCIe II will be compatible with PCIe 1.x, using the same power budget and the same clocking architecture. But the silicon cost will be cheaper, and so will the clocks.

PCI Express 2 compatibble with PCI Express 1.x
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SwiftFire
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This technology is also forward compatible which is why I love it so much. If you have a PCI Express 2 card it will work in a PCI Express 3 slot. I can't wait to see what kinda boast this will give the new graphics cards of the time. Likely DirectX 11.x or something will be supported by then.
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Warren
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It will be interesting to see Graphic wise, if this will give it a boost or not, although I find it great that PCI Express 2 will fit into a PC1 Express 3 slot, that is kinda handy.

But do you reckon it will live up to our expectations, or do you see it crumbling down?
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SwiftFire
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I believe it will live up to expectations and perform greatly. Unless AGP or some other port comes into play, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
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