The PCI-SIG consortium has officially announced the development of the PCI Express 8.0 specification. This new version is set to double data transfer rate to 256 GT/s per lane. In addition to the extra bandwidth, PCIe Gen8 is said to feature protocol enhancements to increase real-world bandwidth and reduce power consumption.The upcoming PCIe 8.0 specification will double the raw bit rate of PCIe 7.0 to 256.0 GT/s, enabling up to 1 TB/s of bi-directional bandwidth across a x16 configuration. The ...