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SubjectRe: GT/s vs Gbps for PCIe bus speed
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> Yeah, the std nomenclature is PCI-e not PCI-E.

To be pedantic: "PCIe" without the hyphen is correct, cf
http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/pciexpress/ (the web page, not any
member-only specs) -- "PCIe" is used many times there.

> Again, trying to generate output that relates
> to what devices are spec to run at: 2.5GHz or 5.0GHz links.

But the spec does not talk about rates in GHz but rather GT/s (since
PCIe is not clocked but rather uses a recovered embedded clock).
Matching the terminology of the PCIe spec by using GT/s really seems
best in terms of clarity, and describes the situation most exactly,
since by using GT/s one also sidesteps the issue of having the data rate
depend on the link width.

- R.


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