By ckasprzak | TkOut | May 8, 2026 |
Hardware
The Hot Take: On the heals of 7.0 looking to be just finalized.
PCI-SIG has released the first public draft of the PCI Express 8.0 specification, outlining the next major evolution of the industry-standard interconnect technology.
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By ckasprzak | TkOut | May 8, 2026 |
Hardware
The Hot Take: Ai & GPUs need that bandwidth.
Rambus wants to address ongoing AI bandwidth problems with its new PCIe 7.0 Switch IP that features Time Division Multiplexing. Rambus Introduces PCIe 7.0 Switch IP with Time Division Multiplexing for Scalable AI and Data Center Infrastructure Press Release: Rambus, a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, today announced the Rambus PCIe 7.0 Switch IP with Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), a new addition to its advanced interconnect IP portfolio designed to address the rapidly escalating bandwidth, latency, and scalability requirements of AI, cloud, and high-performance computing (HPC) systems. As AI infrastructure grows in scale and architectural complexity, […]Read full article at https://wccftech.com/rambus-bets-on-time-division-multiplexing-to-fix-pcie-7-0-for-ai-workloads/
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By ckasprzak | TkOut | April 19, 2026 |
Hardware
The Hot Take: People just don't get it PC's move slower than molasses on a cold winter day. It took them years from AT to PS/2, USB OG to current state of v3.1+.
USB-C was supposed to be the one. One cable, one port, any device. Just plug it in and it should work. The reality has turned out to be a little different than promised.
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The Hot Take: I guess IPv6 wasn't doing it w/out backward comparability?
A newly surfaced IPv8 draft describes a conceptual network protocol designed to extend the capabilities of existing Internet infrastructure while maintaining compatibility with IPv4.
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