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In other words, unless any members of the PCI-SIG submit amendments, its ready for launch.

If you own a modern computer, itll use PCIe in some capacity.

Neon artwork of a stylised SSD against a brick wall.

PCIe 4.0 is still commonplace, though - my laptop uses it.

In other words, new versions of PCIe allow drive manufacturers to produce significantly faster storage for your PC.

So, wheres PCIe 6.0?

Secondly, PCIe 6.0 drives are on the way.

PCIe 7.0 promises to take things even further, with SSD speeds that could theoretically reach above 50GB/s.

Still, it does beg the question about whether PCIe 7.0 is something we should care about right now.

Ill answer that: its complicated.

Okay, thats not a very satisfying answer, I know.

And hey, maybe Idoneed a 100GB/s+ SSD.