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PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express)
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- An expansion bus architecture that uses serial communications rather than parallel communications. - x1, x2, x4, x8, x16, x32 (Number of lanes for communication vary) (3.4)
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Is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards. Sends data on one wire and receives data on one wire. Most common expansion bus, it offers multiple Lanes.
Comptia A+ Core 1 Study Guide →An expansion bus architecture that uses serial communications rather than the parallel communications of PCI. Also called PCI Express and PCI-E.
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