PCI Express® is accelerating to meet AI and hyperscale infrastructure demand. PCIe 7.0 reached Base Specification release in June 2025, defining performance at the ASIC pins, and the Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) Board also announced direction pushing PCIe to 256 GT/s, signaling an accelerated roadmap beyond PCIe 7.0 128 GT/s, and reinforcing a faster standards cadence than prior generations.
