PCI-SIG Exploring Optical Interconnect to Enable Higher PCIe Technology Performance

[Tsing]

PCI-SIG, the consortium behind the ubiquitous PCI technology, has announced the formation of a new PCI-SIG Optical Workgroup that aims to deliver PCIe technology over optical connections. The new optical interconnect is expected to usher in a number of major benefits, including higher performance, lower power consumption, and reduced latency, according to some researchers. The PCIe 7.0 specification, which promises a 128 GT/s raw bitrate and up to 512 GB/s bi-directionally via x16 configuration, is targeted for member release in 2025.

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[Grimlakin]

Sweet crimony.... what's the use case? We've been burning through PCIE revisions like they are going out of style.

 

[Uvilla]

Sweet crimony.... what's the use case? We've been burning through PCIE revisions like they are going out of style.

Hmmm semi super computers? Like a cheap superish computer interconnectivity maybe?

 

[Grimlakin]

Hmmm semi super computers? Like a cheap superish computer interconnectivity maybe?

This seems like a good way to add compute via pcie expansion slots.