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mi statt Mu: miCard ist jetzt reif für den Massenmarkt

Zwei Sparten zeichnen sich ab:

1) Erweiterung des USB2.0 Standards (u.a. wireless USB, Akku aufladen über USB Kabel mit kleiner gleich 500mA Ladestrom, Erweiterung der Datenübertragungskapazität an Expansionports)

ISO-Standard für Ultrabreitband-Funk veröffentlicht

2) Einführung von externem PCI Express in Form von Expansionports speziell in höherpreisigen Notebooks

External PCI Express devices road mapped

Among other things, Intel has suggested a topology for the future that would separate the computing unit from the monitor, interface devices and external drives using PCI-Express cable connections as a go-between.

A concept PC like that would enable complete modularity in servers and even desktop systems if manufacturers are willing to accept it. Of course, this is significantly beyond the current plans for PCI-Express, but if the technology is capable of supporting more user friendly expressions of computer form, they will probably be developed.

PCI was developed in part to make computer configuration easier to handle, so there is no reason why PCI-Express should not take this to a new level. External video cards, anyone? Speaking from past experiences, I don't know how many times external components have been mentioned as a ‘wave of the future' type of thing; how about an entirely component based PC like a stereo system?

It is unlikely that the makers of Firewire and USB 2.0 devices have much to worry about in the short term, despite the apparent ability of the PCI-Express technology to carry out their roles without even requiring a bridge to connect to the rest of the I/O system. USB and Firewire devices are already very common, and by the time external devices supporting the PCI-Express specification become available in a year or two, they should have become so prevalent in the market that manufacturers will have to continue support for them for the same reasons that PCI-Express was designed to coexist with PCI 2.2.

Also, the ExpressCard format explicitly combines USB 2.0 and PCI-Express in a single slot for portable and small form factor devices. This is both an indication that PCI-Express is not necessarily intended to supplant USB anytime soon, and a concession (=Zugeständnis, Anm.) to the continued usefulness of USB technology in the brave new world of sometime next year.

It has been stated that PCI-Express is not intended to compete with AMD's Hypertransport technology, but rather coexist with it in order to move data more efficiently.

External PCI Express reaches 30m link length

(Figure 2) From the measurements, Fromm set the taps of digital filters in the Altera device's DSP core. Quellan engineers created a module specifically for PCIe by integrating a Molex PCIe connector into their design.

At the final stage, Oganessyan and Fromm experimented with longer and longer lengths of cable starting at 20m. They stopped at 30m. At the GlobalComm demo, they ran a PRBS pattern through the cable assembly for nine hours on each day of the show, achieving a bit-error rate (BER) of less than 10-14.

Magma ExpressBox1 : external PCI Express for laptops

Magma is pleased to announce the availability of ExpressBox1, the first external PCI Express expansion product for laptop computers. ExpressBox1 provides a fast and easy solution for attaching a PCI Express card to laptop computers through the ExpressCard slot appearing on MacBook Pro.

Wichtig ist es dabei, zu erkennen, daß der Markt in USB2.0,USB2.x/USB3.0 und per PCI Express extern angebundene Geräte aufgeteilt wird, wobei Pfusch und mangelhafte Ausführung der Standards Hindernisse darstellen.