Screaming-fast PCIe Gen 5 SSDs were once so pricey that they only made sense for high-end gaming rigs. Not anymore.

With a three year cadence between PCI-Express bandwidth increases and a three year span between when a gear shift is first talked about and when its chippery is first put into the field, it is ...

PCI Express (PCIe) has been around since 2003, and in that time it has managed to become the primary data interconnect for not only expansion cards, but also high-speed external devices. What also ...

June 12, 2025 Jeffrey Burt Connect Comments Off on It’s Been Three Years, So It’s Time For Another PCI-Express Speed Bump PCI-SIG, the organization that oversees the roadmap for the critical ...

Anyone who’s bought or researched buying a new SSD for their PC understands their limitations: they’re often constrained by the PCI Express bus to the rest of the PC, and they generate tons of heat.

Q: What is PCI Express? A: PCI Express is a scalable, high-speed, point-to-point serial interface designed to replace PCI. Also known as PCIe, it features power ...

The common hardware interface in PCs, Macs and other computers for connecting peripheral devices such as storage drives and graphics cards. PCI Express (PCIe) was introduced in 2002 as "Third ...

Are you ready for your PC to communicate by light? Don’t hold your breath, unfortunately. But the possibility became more real as the PCI Express Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) said today that it’s ...

Hard drives have seen their performance improve more than any other component over the last half-decade, all thanks to the popularization of solid state tech. Now, there’s a big leap forward that ...

PCI Express (PCIe) is an emerging protocol for IO devices connection that is being rapidly adopted by the industry. An increasing number of applications require PCI Express connection support. A ...

PCI Express is a technology that consistently makes headlines, with new specifications boasting ever-improving performance regularly appearing in the news. It may come as a surprise, then, to learn ...

Solid-state drives that adhere to the NVMe protocol are the fastest internal storage you can buy. Here's how to choose one with confidence, along with the top NVMe SSD picks from our deep-dive reviews ...