Latest Intel roadmap confirms PCI Express 3.0 for Ivy Bridge

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Leaked slide teases PCIe 3.0 for Ivy Bridge

The good folks at SemiAccurate have come across an interesting slide revealing details about Intel's upcoming Ivy Bridge processor and its accompanying Panther Point chipset. Ivy Bridge, the 22-nm successor to Intel's Sandy Bridge, looks like it could have 16 lanes of PCI Express 3.0 connectivity integrated in the CPU. The third-gen PCIe spec boosts per-lane bandwidth to an even 1GB/s in each direction—double what's offered by PCIe 2.0.

In addition to a fatter pipe for graphics cards, the slide promises a next-generation Intel HD Graphics core with "enhanced encode/decode/transcode capability." With a little cooperation from the accompanying Panther Point chipset, this new GPU will be capable of powering three independent displays. Don't get your hopes up about multi-monitor gaming, though; this is still Intel integrated graphics we're talking about.

(please visit the source link for more information and a direct link to the actual slides)...

Source: TechReport

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The third-gen PCIe spec boosts per-lane bandwidth to an even 1GB/s in each direction—double what's offered by PCIe 2.0.

Thats pretty cool. I'd imagine this would bring greater benefit multi-GPU setups?

[erek]

hopefully caveman-jim won't have anything say about the original source being SemiAccurate...

*sigh*

[moshpit]

Meh, don't sweat it if he does. He gives me grief about posting from them too, and I understand why. But still though, PCIe 3.0 on Ivy Bridge, good find!