I get dizzy when I try



Which of these throughput speeds would you expect to see on a single direction of a PCI Express lane?

A) 500 MB/s

B) 20 MB/s

C) 500 GB/s

D) 133 MB/s

E) I can’t count that fast


The answer: A) 500 MB/s

PCIe version 2.x supports 500 megabytes per second of throughput on a single lane.

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