PCIe slots come in different sizes: x1, x4, x8, x16, and very rarely x32. The number after the "x" tells you how many lanes ...
Unlike its PCI predecessor, which used a shared bus, PCI Express is a switched architecture of up to 32 independent, serial lanes (x1-x32) that transfer in parallel. Each lane is full duplex (see ...
A PCI Express Link is the physical connection between two devices. A Lane consists of signal pairs in each direction. A x1 Link consists of 1 Lane or 1 differential signal pair in each direction for a ...