The Real (and Virtual) Adventures of Nathan the IT Guy:

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December 1, 2011  2:14 PM

PCIe 4.0 will be 2x Faster than PCIe 3.0



Posted by: Nathan Simon
PCI, PCI 4.0, pci express 4.0, PCI SIG, PCI-Express, Pci4.0, PCIe, PCIe 4, Pcie4, PciExpress, PciExpress4.0, PciSig, Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group, PeripheralComponentInterconnectSpecialInterestGroup

 Wow, PCIe 3.0 hasn't even been out for very long, and now they are going to double the speed to 16 gigatransfers a second? That's 16 billion discrete packets of data per second! Manufacturers may as well make their devices PCIe 4.0 compliant right now if they can, but if they do not, not to...

February 28, 2011  1:21 AM

Intel’s new Thunderbolt Technology



Posted by: Nathan Simon
Apple, daisy chain, Intel, LaCie, Little Big Disk, Mac Book Pro, PCI-Express, Thunderbolt, usb 3.0

A new technology that is said to complement USB 3.0 not replace it. Currently available in the new Mac Book Pro. LaCie has also released its Thunderbolt compatible "Little Big Disk".
Thunderbolt can transmit both...


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