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PCI Express 7.0 Finalized: 128 GT/s in 2025

posted by janrinok on Thursday June 23, @03:42AM   
from the PCI-has-the-zoomies dept.

takyon writes:

PCI-SIG Announces PCI Express 7.0 Specification to Reach 128 GT/s

PCI-SIG today announced that the PCI Express (PCIe) 7.0 specification will double the data rate to 128 GT/s [gigatransfers per second] and is targeted for release to members in 2025.

PCI-SIG technical workgroups will be developing the PCIe 7.0 specification with the following feature goals:

• Delivering 128 GT/s raw bit rate and up to 512 GB/s bi-directionally via x16 configuration
• Utilizing PAM4 (Pulse Amplitude Modulation with 4 levels) signaling
• Focusing on the channel parameters and reach
• Continuing to deliver the low-latency and high-reliability targets
• Improving power efficiency
• Maintaining backwards compatibility with all previous generations of PCIe technology

Also at Phoronix and Tom's Hardware.

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Original Submission

• Backwards Compatibility (Score: 2) by acid andy on Thursday June 23, @11:42PM

  by acid andy (1683) on Thursday June 23, @11:42PM (#1255701) Homepage Journal

  Maintaining backwards compatibility with all previous generations of PCIe technology

  That's the best bit.

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