MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Detailed explanation-1: -PCI Express (PCIe) was introduced in 2002 as “Third Generation I/O” (3GIO), and by the mid-2000s, motherboards had at least one PCIe slot for graphics.

Detailed explanation-2: -PCIe has been the standard interface for connecting high-speed peripheral components to computer motherboards for the past decade. The fourth generation of this interface, PCIe 4.0 standard, was announced in 2017. However, we did not see SSDs or graphics cards using the new tech until Computex 2019.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG), comprised of big-name technology companies like Intel, IBM, Dell, HP, AMD and NVIDIA, introduced the first generation of PCI Express, entitled PCIe 1.0, in 2003. PCIe 2.0 and 3.0 were released in 2007 and 2010, respectively.

Detailed explanation-4: -PCIe version/gen 2 was introduced in 2007 with a transfer rate of 5GT/s. PCIe version/gen 3 was introduced in 2010 with a transfer rate of 8GT/s. PCIe version/gen 4 was introduced in 2017 with a transfer rate of 16GT/s. PCIe version/gen 5 was introduced in 2019 with a transfer rate of 32 GT/s.