On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 14:26 -0700, William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
> On Oct 23, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Barry Gershenfeld wrote:
> 
> > USB 3 operates at 5 gigabits/sec (like PCI-Express), ... One  
> > naturally wonders why we couldn't all just use External PCI-E.
> 
> Is there such a thing (external PCI-E)?

FWIW ATI/AMD does have an "external graphics card" interface for laptops
that is basically external PCIE.

In the enterprise space there are infiniband based solutions which are
basically external PCIE.

Both are very niche, and most consumers are likely to never see either.

TTYL

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