PCI-SIG revealed earlier this week that PCIe 6.0 specification has reached the Final Draft stages—an important and much-needed step that shows completion of the Gen 6 PCIe technology. Any current SoCs conformable with version 0.9 specs will now be accessible to the new 1.0 versions. The only uncertainty is what applications need to upgrade and …
The implementation of PCIe Gen 4 on mainstream consumer motherboards is quite recent, but Synopsys isn’t waiting around to upgrade. Synopsys is looking to launch a complete PCI Express 6.0 solution including the controller, PHY, and verification IP. It may not be coming into consumers’ hands in the near future, but it does allow for …
The newest SD specification called the SD 8.0 Specification, this specification offers a significant boost to transfer speeds by using the newer PCIe 4.0 specification which can deliver up to 4 Gigabytes per second. This faster specification was released last Tuesday and features a faster speed of 3,940 MB/s. SD 8.0 Specification has been released …
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A featured concept image of Intel Xe GPU. Image credits: Cristiano Siqueira (@CSiqueira97) Intel confirmed that they had powered on their Xe GPU in their labs for the first time and we now have independent confirmation of the fact as well. The Intel Xe GPU DG1 prototype was run through GFXBench using a driver that …
OpenXR 1.0 has been publicly released by the Khronos Group (the same one behind Vulkan) at SIGGRAPH 2019. As suggested by its name, this is an open standard whose goal is to provide high performance and cross-platform access to both Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality compatible platforms and devices. Brent Insko, OpenXR working group chair …
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