The tech world just got a major speed boost. The PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) released the specs for PCIe 7.0, a new standard for hardware connections. This new tech promises lightning-fast speeds of up to 512GB per second – in both directions. That’s on a single x16 connection, using PAM4 signal modulation to save energy.
PCIe 7.0 is all about meeting the massive bandwidth demands of AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing (HPC) in cloud and data centers. Al Yanes, president of PCI-SIG, says this new tech supports the huge data needs of AI, giant data centers, HPC, automotive, and military applications.
But don’t expect to see PCIe 7.0 in consumer computers just yet. It’s aimed at high-data applications like cloud and quantum data centers. And it’ll take time before it’s widely available. Think back to PCIe 5.0, announced in 2019 – it only just became available in 2023.
The good news is that PCIe 7.0 will work with older PCI Express versions. And PCI-SIG is already working on PCIe 8.0, even though PCIe 6.0 hasn’t hit the consumer market yet.
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