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Article: PCI Express: Ever-faster graphics pipe serves many masters.
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- July 20, 2006
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by David L Fair, Intel Corp
The new PCI Express spec significantly improves desktop-PC graphics. Developers are now working on Generation 2, which will further expand the graphics pipe.
The new PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express spec provides the biggest improvement in more than a decade in I/O performance for computation systems, significantly improving graphics in desktop PCs and workstations. Intel initially launched the spec in its chip sets in mid-2004, and the technology has become mainstream in high-end systems. But PCI Express is far more than an avenue to better games or video. As have many other PC innovations, PCI Express ...