The Real (and Virtual) Adventures of Nathan the IT Guy » PCI-Express http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology Fri, 17 May 2013 13:18:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 PCIe 4.0 will be 2x Faster than PCIe 3.0 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/pcie-40-will-be-2x-faster-than-pcie-30/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/pcie-40-will-be-2x-faster-than-pcie-30/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:14:08 +0000 Nathan Simon http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/?p=857  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 worry, PCIe won’t be headed to your PC for a little while, they say it may be 2016 before it is widely adopted. Go here to read the whole story.

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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 raw data and audio-video information simultaneously, using existing DisplayPort and PCI-Express data protocols. With each Thunderbolt port having two data transmission channels, the technology can transmit and receive data at the same time–and at its top speed.

Apparently you can even “daisy chain” up to 7 devices at the same time. If you would like to know more, check this link out. ]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/intels-new-thunderbolt-technology/feed/ 0