Remember PCIe 3.0
Full name: Peripheral Component Interconnect Express 3.0
Memory aid: Generation three: eight transfers of a billion per second.
GT/s is not the same as usable GB/s.
Study area: Expansion buses · Batch 1
Relevant study for: CompTIA A+ Core 1 220-1201 · CompTIA Server+
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PCIe 3.0 — Peripheral Component Interconnect Express 3.0
Identifies a PCIe generation operating at 8 GT/s per lane.
Why learn PCIe 3.0 — Peripheral Component Interconnect Express 3.0?
Identifies a PCIe generation operating at 8 GT/s per lane.
Where it came from
GT/s is not the same as usable GB/s.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Generation three: eight transfers of a billion per second.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand PCIe 3.0: Peripheral Component Interconnect Express 3.0.
- Recall this memory aid: Generation three: eight transfers of a billion per second.
- Explain the practical use: Identifies a PCIe generation operating at 8 GT/s per lane.
- Explain this distinction: GT/s is not the same as usable GB/s.
- Identify PCIe 3.0 in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- PCI-SIG specifications (pcisig.com)