Pci express 5.0 will arrive in 2019 with a bandwidth of 64 gb / s

PCI-SIG, the organization responsible for PCI Express data input and output technology, today announced that the PCI Express 5.0 architecture, slated for completion in 2019, is capable of offering a bandwidth of up to 64GB / s (or 32 GT / s), idea for high performance applications such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, visual computing, data storage or networks.

PCI Express 5.0 will be released in 2019 up to 4 times faster than the current standard, with a bandwidth of 64 GB / s

Currently, the PCI Express port is primarily used for connecting various devices to the motherboards of our PCs, including graphics cards, network cards, SSDs or sound cards.

Although PCI Express 4.0 connectors have not yet been standardized by the industry, the PCI-SIG is making plans for the development of the PCI Express 5.0 standard , which will be up to 4 times faster than the PCI Express 3.0 standard, with bandwidth up to 64 GB / s, unlike the 15.75 GB / s speed offered by current 3.0 connectors.

Evolution of the bandwidth of PCI Express connectors

On the other hand, it should be noted that the next specification, PCI Express 4.0, will provide double the speed of the current 3.0 connector, with a bandwidth of up to 31.51 GB / s. Unfortunately, the PCI Express 4.0 will be replaced much sooner than one could imagine, in just a couple of years, since in 2019 the PCI Express 5.0 will be ready and will be able to be used on motherboards. In comparison, we've been around for seven years with the PCI Express 3.0 connector.

For now there is no exact date for the arrival of the PCI Express 5.0, but for now the PCIe 5.0 Revision 0.3 is already in the hands of companies such as NVIDIA or other manufacturers of motherboards or graphics cards, which are making inroads into the use of the new architecture in fields such as artificial intelligence, autonomous driving or graphics cards for gaming.