Hacker News with Generative AI: PCIe

Pi modder successfully adds M.2 slot to Pi 500 (jeffgeerling.com)
As I briefly mentioned yesterday, someone mentioned in this blog's comments a successful M.2 socket installation on the empty header on the Pi 500 (something I attempted, rather poorly!). With a few added components, and 3.3V supplied to a pad on the bottom via a bench power supply, the M.2 slot works just fine, allowing the use of NVMe SSDs or other PCIe devices.
Micron launches 60TB PCIe gen5 SSD with 12GB/s read speeds (micron.com)
The Micron 6550 ION SSD is the world’s first 60TB PCIe Gen5 data center SSD, built to deliver unparalleled performance, energy efficiency and density.
Optical PCIe 7.0 connection hits 128 GT/s (tomshardware.com)
PCI-Sig Completes CopprLink Cabling Standard: PCIe 5.0 and 6.0 Get Wired (anandtech.com)
PCIe 5.0 is nearly 4 years old and it's still virtually worthless in gaming PCs (pcgamer.com)