PCI Express 3.0 by 2010, Supports Heavier, Gluttonous Cards
Written on July 19, 2008 – 9:02 pm | by admin
System component expansion interface PCI-Express could get its next major face-lift in 2009, following which products compatible with the interface could be out by 2010. The PCI Express Special Interest Group (SIG) is in the process of devising the new interface that provides devices with twice the amount of bandwidth as that of the current PCI-Express 2.0, that’s 8 Giga-transfers per second (GT/s). it is said to be backwards compatible with older versions of the interface.
Changes in specifications are being made that allow this interface to support triple-slot, 300W (from the interface), 1.5 kg (roughly 3 lbs) graphics cards. Perhaps this is the ideal interface for ‘heavier’ products from NVIDIA, AMD, and soon Intel.
Source: GPU Café
Tags: amd, ati, intel, nvidia, pci, pci express