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This article title is BS. PCIe is alive and well. We just need it for less things because a lot of good stuff is already on board and it now appears in more form factors namely Thunderbolt and M.2.

We will still need it for graphics, fast SSDs, fibre channel and 10G Ethernet etc

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The title is accurate, though. The use of PCIe is exploding everywhere, but we're putting it in every other interface and the "PCIe expansion card" connector and form factor is seeing relatively less use overall.

Because everything is standardizing. You don't need ports for TV tuners or proprietary camera memory cards anymore. Everything you do need is now built in to the mobo.

It's not 'dead' at all, that's what I was referring to. It's not going anywhere either for the remaining usecases.

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