A friend who works on NVLink would have a very similar response if prompted. And they were (probably still are) trying some more interesting ways of working aro

A friend who works on NVLink would have a very similar response if prompted. And they were (probably still are) trying some more interesting ways of working around PCIe that were hamstrung by Intel et al, given the control they have over the controller market as well. It's a shame but we'll see if they pay for it after all! NVIDIA is also in a tough spot in that they can't cooperate too closely with either Intel or AMD now that the race for accelerators is heating up. Understandably they're pretty psyched about Tegra but I'm not sure I'd want to rely on that and I bet they don't either.