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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 6.0 hardware to launch in 2024, followed by PCIe 7.0 in 2027
Although PCIe 5.0 just arrived months ago, it looks like PCIe 6.0 is just on the horizon, and PCIe 7.0 isn't far behind.
The first PCIe 5.0 SSDs for consumers just arrived earlier this year, immediately following the launch of PCIe capable AMD Ryzen 7000 and Intel 13th-generation CPUs. But PCI-SIG, the consortium behind PCIe, already has its sights set on PCIe 6.0. Although PCIe 6.0 is complete on a design level, no PCIe 6.0 devices have yet come out, but in its latest presentation, PCI-SIG says the next-generation data link should start showing up in real devices starting in March 2024.
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.
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.