PCI Express 8.0 is in development, set for 2028, doubling transfer rate. Theoretical performance dwarfs current hardware capabilities. Expect significant wait for PCIe 8.0 devices around 2030.

Want true next-gen SSD performance? Start with a compatible rig—and one of our top tested PCI Express 5.0 M.2 drives. Here's how to choose the right bleeding-edge SSD for your PC.

The next PCIe generation is expected to maintain its update cadence. 512 GByte/s will then be possible via 16 tracks.

The new 8 TByte version should also achieve 14.8 and 13.4 GByte/s for sequential access. Samsung promises 2.2 or 2.6 million ...

The Mini SSD card isn't and may never be a formally ratified standard, but it does aim to solve a real problem for portable ...

The PCI-Express 7.0 spec is not expected to be ratified until 2025, and that means we won’t see it appearing in systems until late 2026 or early 2027. We think this wait is far too long. We need ...

PCl Express, short for Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, is a high-performance and high-bandwidth serial communication interconnect standard. First proposed by Intel and further developed by ...

Richard Solomon (all posts) Richard Solomon is the senior technical marketing manager for Synopsys' DesignWare PCI Express Controller IP. He has been involved in the development of PCI chips dating ...

PCI Express 5.0 (aka PCI Express 5, PCIe 5.0, or Gen 5) internal SSDs are popular items in the storage world these days; all the major SSD manufacturers are pitching them to us for review.

PCI Express 5.0 (aka PCI Express 5, PCIe 5.0, or Gen 5) internal SSDs are popular items in the storage world these days; all the major SSD manufacturers are pitching them to us for review.