PCI express

[sllewe]

Once and awhile i have things that bug me. It never a major problem, just things that i dont understand. (one of these was how to pronounce howards last name)

Anyways this time its PCI-express. I understand it uses serial, blah blah blah.

But why isnt PCI-X8 or PCI-X1 used? Is there a flaw, or has it just not caught on?

Another quesition is it abbrviated PCI-X or PCI-E?

Sean

 

[vnf4ultra]

Pci-express is pci-e. Pci-X is another type of slot used in servers.
Pci-e x1 has some uses, like firewire cards, sata cards, gigabit ethernet cards, matrox even has a graphics card for it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833127163
I think some sata controllers can use a pci-e x8 config(x8 isn't as popular). I don't know what x4 would be used for.