PCIe 5.0
With a lot of news and info dropping on Intel's latest Z790 chipset using the LGA1700 socket, NZXT has pulled the trigger and announced its N7 Z790 motherboard. Available in either white or black, it features a 2.5 GbE controller, Wi-Fi 6E CNVi, benefits from support for PCIe 5.0, and includes three M.2 slots. In addition to the announcement of Intel's 13th Gen Core series processors, codenamed Raptor Lake, NZXT has announced its plans to launch the N7 for Z790. As we've seen from NZXT motherboards in the past, the N7 Z790 has a large swathe of armor covering the board and is available in both back and white color schemes. It should be noted that neither the black nor white model includes any integrated...
MSI Unveils X670 Pricing Ahead of AMD Ryzen 7000 Launch, Starting at $290
Ahead of the launch of AMD's latest Ryzen 7000 processors, which will hit retail shelves on September 27th, MSI unveiled pricing on four of its X670/X670E motherboards. Given the...
29 by Gavin Bonshor on 9/8/2022
Silicon Motion Announces SM8366 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Controller and MonTitan SSD Solutions Platform for Enterprise Storage
In the lead up to the Flash Memory Summit next week, many vendors have started announcing their new products. Today, Silicon Motion is unveiling their first enterprise-focused PCIe 5.0...
3 by Ganesh T S on 7/28/2022
The ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero Motherboard Review: A Solid Option For Alder Lake
Over the last six months since Intel launched its 12th Gen Core series of processors, we've looked at several Alder Lake desktop CPUs and seen how competitive they are...
40 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/15/2022
AMD Ryzen 7000 Announced: 16 Cores of Zen 4, Plus PCIe 5 and DDR5 for Socket AM5, Coming This Fall
During the AMD Keynote at Computex 2022, its CEO, Dr. Lisa Su officially unveiled their next generation of Ryzen processors and the successor to the highly successful Ryzen 5000...
333 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/23/2022
Samsung Announces First PCIe 5.0 Enterprise SSD: PM1743, Coming In 2022
Even though CES 2022 is technically still a couple of weeks away, CES-related announcements are already starting to roll in. Among these are Samsung, who is announcing their first...
12 by Ryan Smith on 12/23/2021
The Intel Z690 Motherboard Overview (DDR4): Over 30+ New Models
To support the launch of Intel's latest 12th generation 'Alder Lake' processors, Intel has also pulled the trigger on its latest Z690 motherboard chipset. Using a new LGA1700 socket...
42 by Gavin Bonshor on 11/24/2021
The Intel Z690 Motherboard Overview (DDR5): Over 50+ New Models
To support the launch of Intel's latest 12th generation 'Alder Lake' processors, Intel has also pulled the trigger on its latest Z690 motherboard chipset. Using a new LGA1700 socket...
126 by Gavin Bonshor on 11/9/2021
Intel 12th Gen Core Alder Lake for Desktops: Top SKUs Only, Coming November 4th
Over the past few months, Intel has been drip-feeding information about its next-generation processor family. Alder Lake, commercially known as Intel’s 12th Generation Core architecture, is officially being announced...
395 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/27/2021
Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids: How To Go Monolithic with Tiles
One of the critical deficits Intel has to its competition in its server platform is core count – other companies are enabling more cores by one of two routes...
99 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/31/2021
Update on Intel Sapphire Rapids in 2022: Q1 for Production, Q2 for Ramp, H1 Launch
In the news cycle today, Intel is announcing an update to its planned deployment of its next generation Xeon Scalable platform known as Sapphire Rapids. Sapphire Rapids is the...
34 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 6/29/2021
Marvell Announces First PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD Controllers: Up To 14 GB/s
Today Marvell is announcing the first NVMe SSD controllers to support PCIe 5.0, and a new branding strategy for Marvell's storage controllers. The new SSD controllers are the first...
47 by Billy Tallis on 5/27/2021
Using a PCIe Slot to Install DRAM: New Samsung CXL.mem Expansion Module
In the computing industry, we’ve lived with PCIe as a standard for a long time. It is used to add any additional features to a system: graphics, storage, USB...
47 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 5/11/2021
Microchip Announces First PCIe 5.0 Switches
Building on their recent announcement of PCIe 5.0 retimers, Microchip has announced their first PCIe 5.0 switches, as part of their Switchtec PFX product line. On paper these look...
40 by Billy Tallis on 2/3/2021
Microchip Announces PCIe 5.0 And CXL Retimers
Microchip is entering the market for PCIe retimer chips with a pair of new retimers supporting PCIe 5.0's 32GT/s link speed. The new XpressConnect RTM-C 8xG5 and 16xG5 chips...
8 by Billy Tallis on 11/11/2020
Rambus Unveils PCIe 5.0 Controller & PHY
Rambus has developed a comprehensive PCIe 5.0 and CXL interface solution for chips built using 7 nm process technologies. The interface is now available for licensing by SoC designers...
17 by Anton Shilov on 11/13/2019
Gen-Z PHY Specification 1.1 Published: Adds PCIe 5.0, Gen-Z 50G Fabric
The Gen-Z Consortium this week released Physical Layer Specification 1.1 for Gen-Z interconnects. The new standard adds enhanced support for PCIe Gen 5 as well as Gen-Z 50G Fabric...
8 by Anton Shilov on 10/4/2019
Arm Joins CXL Consortium
Arm has officially joined the Compute Express Link (CXL) Consortium in a bid to enable its customers to implement the new CPU-to-Device interconnect and contribute to the specification. Arm...
7 by Anton Shilov on 9/13/2019
AMD Joins CXL Consortium: Playing in All The Interconnects
AMD's CTO, Mark Papermaster, has published a blog post this week said that AMD has joined the Compute Express Link (CXL) Consortium. The industry group is led by a...
43 by Anton Shilov on 7/19/2019
PCI-SIG Finalizes PCIe 5.0 Specification: x16 Slots to Reach 64GB/sec
Following the long gap after the release of PCI Express 3.0 in 2010, the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) set about a plan to speed up the development and...
55 by Ryan Smith on 5/29/2019
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