Come July, AMD gets to hoist the trophy in the race to the next-generation PCIe 4.0 interface for desktop PCs. By combining its upcoming Ryzen 3000 CPUs, Radeon RX 5700 graphics, X570 chipset, and a new spate of PCIe 4.0 SSDs, consumers will be able to build or buy the first PCIe 4.0-based PC.PCIe 4.0 sounds exciting-it´s the first big change to the interface since 2010. But as always, the questions of who can get it (and who can´t), and who really needs it, are more nuanced than you´d think. Keep reading to get the all the details. What is PCIe 4.0?
PCIe 4.0 is the next iteration of the PCIe interface. It´s used for connecting add-in cards and M.2 drives, as well as interconnecting various chips inside a PC. Compared to its predecessor PCIe 3.0, PCIe 4.0 essentially doubles the overall throughput. The chart below from PCI-SIG lays it all out nicely: To read this article in full, please click here
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