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Old 02-17-2004, 02:11 PM   #11 (permalink)
oberon
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Bandwidth isn't the only advantage of PCI Express. PCI-E will also provide hot swapping, at the hardware level. It also has the potential to lower motherboard design costs, heat issues, etc.

Not to mention that PCI-E may potentially allow for servers using multiple Infiniband 4X cards without too much trouble. That's more than 10Gbps.

Just because it ain't a problem now doesn't mean it won't be.
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