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Why PCIe 6.0 Now?-June 3, 2021 |
In our last article, we address some of the changes in the PCIe 6.0 specification versus prior generations. Of note in that was that the release cadence of specifications has greatly increased.
As a reminder of how the PCIe specification has evolved:
Looking at the table above, you can see that pre-4.0, specifications were updated every 4.6 years on average. However, since 4.0, the cadence has greatly increased, with a release every 2 years. A logical question here might be ‘why have 5.0 and 6.0 come so fast?’