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0 pointsthrowaway484761y ago0 comments

In the server space there is gen 5 cabling but not gen 5 risers.

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throwaway20371y ago

    > gen 5 cabling

Do you mean OCuLink? Honestly, I never thought about how 1U+ rackmount servers handle PCIe Gen5 wiring/timing issues between NVMe drives (front), GPUs/NICs (rear), and CPUs (middle).

throwaway48476OP1y ago

OCuLink has been superseded by MCIO. I was speaking of the custom gen 5 cabled nvme backplane most servers have.

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throwaway20371y ago

    > gen 5 cabling

Do you mean OCuLink? Honestly, I never thought about how 1U+ rackmount servers handle PCIe Gen5 wiring/timing issues between NVMe drives (front), GPUs/NICs (rear), and CPUs (middle).

throwaway48476OP1y ago

OCuLink has been superseded by MCIO. I was speaking of the custom gen 5 cabled nvme backplane most servers have.

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