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You've probably heard a lot about PCIe 5.0 in the past couple of years with SSDs starting to hit the market, but behind the scenes, the industry is progressing at an unstoppable pace. The PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) has just announced the first official draft of the PCIe 7.0 specification, which is technically version 0.5, after version 0.3 was originally shared to members of the group for review.

PCIe 7.0 specification enters development, planned to launch in 2025

The PCI-SIG has announced that PCIe 7.0 has entered early stages of development and should launch in 2025, three years after PCIe 6.0.

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We've barely even begun to feel the benefits of PCIe 5.0 in the consumer PC market, but the PCI Special Interesting Group (or PCI-SIG) has already announced that it's started development on the next version of the specification. PCIe 7.0 has entered the initial stages of development at PCI-SIG's workgroups, following the announcement of the finalized PCIe 6.0 specification earlier this year.