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PCI Express one step closer to going external

 
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:45 am    Post subject: PCI Express one step closer to going external Reply with quote
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PCI-SIG (Special Interest Group) today announced a new specification
designed to take PCI Express "outside the box". According to the PCI-SIG, the
new specification dubbed the PCI Express External Cabling 1.0 specification
establishes a standard method of using PCIe technology over a cable by defining
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
This has already be done. It's called Infiniband. It uses 5TB signaling, uses 1x 4x 12x connection types and is well established as an open standard interconnect. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh really...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfiniBand
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