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    PCI Express for averatec Notebooks?

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by jedisolo, Mar 9, 2005.

  1. jedisolo

    jedisolo Notebook Deity

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    You know I was just thinking just know if Averatec are going to release a model of notebooks using the PCI Express interface.
    -andrew
     
    jedisolo, Mar 9, 2005
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  2. rustskull

    rustskull Notebook Guru

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    Probably not for a bit.

    It's going to burn a lot of vendors because they have invested tons of money in developing PCI based devices and PCIx requires a lot of work on the hardware side to make it go. The arch is similar and the software guys will enjoy being able to reuse some stuff, but the hardware is the key. You don't get speeds like that by software tweaks alone; the hardware has to be capable of it. PCI is mature and stable. Mfr can turn designs quickly and release products fast and cheap. PCIx isn't easy in the first place.

    Let's hope it turns out better than the RAMBUS fiasco...
     
    rustskull, Mar 22, 2005
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