PCI Express 2.0 nearing completion

Posted on Thursday, October 12 2006 @ 5:03 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
CNET writes PCI Express 2.0 is almost ready:
A two-month clock has begun ticking for the release of PCI Express 2.0, an update designed to help the ubiquitous computer communication technology with virtualization, power management and high-end graphics cards.

PCI Express, version 1.0 of which arrived in 2003, lets customers plug devices such as network adapters into computers. PCI Express 2.0 brings a bevy of changes, starting with a speed boost, according to the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) that governs the technology.


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