Modern Expansion Slots

Question 1

PCI

Answer 1

Peripheral component interconnect

Self configuring

Question 2

PCIe

Answer 2

Peripheral component interconnect express

Point to point serial connection
Has direct connection to CPU
one wire to send data
One wirec to receive data

Question 3

PCIe 1.x

Answer 3

2.5 gigatransfers per second

Question 4

PCIe 2.x

Answer 4

5 gigatransfers per second

Question 5

PCIe 3.x

Answer 5

8 gigatransfers per second

Question 6

PCIe types

Answer 6

16 lane: most common, often used for GPUs
4 lane
1lane: general purpose