“Upgrading to ,” he announced. “Doubling the clock speed.”
Lane felt the pressure. The smooth, racing flow turned into a stutter. Packets bumped into each other. Some were delayed. The Gatekeeper’s numbers flickered: 16 GT/s… but split. 8 for GPU. 8 for SSD.
The Bandwidth Gatekeeper was impartial. He was not cruel, nor kind. He was simply math . “You have a PCIe 3.0 link,” he droned. “Maximum bandwidth: 16 GB/s. You are requesting 20 GB/s. I cannot create lanes out of silicon. You must wait.”
BAM.
“Upgrading to ,” he announced. “Doubling the clock speed.”
Lane felt the pressure. The smooth, racing flow turned into a stutter. Packets bumped into each other. Some were delayed. The Gatekeeper’s numbers flickered: 16 GT/s… but split. 8 for GPU. 8 for SSD.
The Bandwidth Gatekeeper was impartial. He was not cruel, nor kind. He was simply math . “You have a PCIe 3.0 link,” he droned. “Maximum bandwidth: 16 GB/s. You are requesting 20 GB/s. I cannot create lanes out of silicon. You must wait.”
BAM.
