PCI Express 7.0 is INSANE

Learn about the upcoming PCIe 7.0 standard.

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[KiltedCritic]

I'd love to be in the meetings for the PCI standards group: "Next version is due out soon, are we all agreed we double the speed as usual?"

[epicswordmewz]

PCIe 4 NVME: can run without any cooling
5: Needs a heatsink for full performance
6: Needs a heatsink with a small fan
7: Needs a large heatsink and a 120mm fan
8: Needs an AIO or to be integrated into a cooling loop
9: Needs its own cooling loop with atleast 360mm radiator
10: Needs its own air-conditioning unit outside of your house that it's hooked directly up to

[kaystephan]

PCIe version felt like: PCIE FIVESIXSEVEN

[PLAYCOREE]

It feels like we were stuck on 3.0 for years and now we are just speedrunning pcie and ddr standards😂

[robotko_ruslan]

I don't even have pcie 4, and 7 is coming soon? that's crazy

[Icon]

Nice... Now my next laptop will have PCIE 4.0.

[myonen]

It's primarily for data center use. They can use an x16 link over wire to interconnect to other blades in a rack. Like a PCI link to a dedicated SAS enclosure or an enclosure loaded with compute etc. moving forward generally expect consumer platforms to be about 2 generations behind enterprise in PCI generations.

[ernieoporto]

PCIe 8.0 slots to require water-cooling and a 1000w PSU for the slot itself.

[JohnToddTheOriginal]

Yes! Pet the cat. And the dog. You wanted them, now give them love!

[portalwalker_]

Just imagine a future, where motherboards don't even have a Chipset anymore but everything is just connected directly to the CPU with one extremely high speed PCIe lane each

[iambenmitchell]

Can’t wait for this to not be useful outside the server space until PCIe 12 is out

[Shinchan]

Hope it runs Subway Surfers at 60fps on my $5000 gaming PC

[Joshua-ewks]

Another use case for PCIe 7.0 is that you can use less lanes with the same amount of traffic. A lot of PC have limited PCIe lanes. So having more lanes available is a plus.

PCIe 4.0 16x = PCIe 5.0 8x = PCIe 6.0 4x = PCIe 7.0 = 2x

[RILDIGITAL]

The advancements in PCI Express 7.0 is monumental. However, the application and necessity of such high bandwidth in home PCs is still debatable. The projected release window of around 2027 is quite far. Until then, appreciating the current technology we have seems like the best course of action.

[icecremer]

Literally just bought a new PC, and got myself a nice, small, and fast PCIe 4.0 SSD after using an actual hard drive for almost a decade. And now there's PCIe 7?!

[ThePhilGrimm]

You surprised me with the optical rather than copper suggestion. That could expand the possibilites in all sorts of ways if they can figure out how to do it at a price point.

[brandonedwards]

I'm tired of most motherboards being limited to 16 pcie lanes and splitting them between all the slots. By the time I add a GPU, Dual 10gb, and a HBA as well as a couple NVME my GPU is bottle necked.

[LeftJoystick]

I feel like PCI Express 4.0 just came out.

[TSRB]

So are we going to get a redesign of m.2 because at 5.0 speeds their getting a little toasty at 7.0 i now see why there was all these nvme water coolers at computex

[marcus_cole_]

PCI Express 7.0 will likely be used for neural processing units (NPUs) on local computers, allowing users to buy specialty cards for that purpose. These NPUs will be at the top of the PCI Lane motherboard layout, with the GPU lane underneath. As AI and AGI continue to advance, people will want self-contained units for tasks ranging from video editing and overlaying to full-on Jarvis-like capabilities. Alternatively, PCI Express 7.0 might be dedicated to external boxes handling AI, AGI, and GPU units through fiber-optic or proprietary plugs. The average computer, with a GPU and basic NPU, currently takes up 4 to 5 card slots, making it challenging to utilize all PCIe slots efficiently.