// AXIOBYTE · io
I/O
How devices attach to the CPU and memory: PCIe slots, lanes and links, the interconnect every card depends on.
- PCI Express (PCIe)interactive 3D
An interactive 3D model of a PCIe x8 slot and its link: the contacts a card plugs into, the eight lanes of differential pairs, and the path to the CPU's root complex.
PCIeLanesLinkEndpointRoot complex