Organization PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) today released PCI Express 3.0 specification last version to members. Products based on this specification can be sold late next year. PCI Express 3.0 specification to provide additional bandwidth to help communication between the components in the system at faster speeds. This specification will be able to transmit data at a rate of 8 giga transfer per second (GT / s), 60% faster than previous specifications.

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express - PCIe is often called - is a communication channel (bus) to help the components in personal computers communicate with each other at high speed, especially the add-on cards into the slots open wide. This specification is widely used in gaming machines for additional components (add-in) as the graphics card attached via PCI-Express left. PCIe technology is being used in many systems, but the end-user devices such as graphics and stored based on the PCIe 3.0 specification can be sold late next year, according to Ramin Neshati, members Board and President of Group Communications serial PCI-SIG.

According Neshati, from specification version complete until approved product launch takes about 12 months. The products must undergo a rigorous testing process before being approved to sell. Neshati He said that this new structure will also allow companies to build components and systems and cost-effective electricity. PCIe 3.0 specification is also backward compatible with PCIe architecture before, which means the components PCIe 3.0 also operate with the hardware under older specifications.

But outside of connecting peripheral devices, PCIe can also be used for the integrated components on the motherboard such as the processor. The new specification can speed up data transfer in high-performance systems, and data will be transmitted to the storage devices and faster memory. However, the addition of the PCIe specification depends on the system design and budget. Neshati Said, if limited to the cost and power consumption, customers can build the server in PCIe 2.1 specification and still be a strong structure.