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I think you are making up your own yardstick and claiming it’s universally accepted. One instance is that PCI lanes didn't exist when the term was conjured up
by detourdog 3y ago
I think you are making up your own yardstick and claiming it’s universally accepted.
One instance is that PCI lanes didn't exist when the term was conjured up therefore can’t be part of inherent definition.
The mac pro has 64 lanes acroos 6 slots. PCI-e external expansion is another 8 ports of expansion limited to 40 GB/s. Unfortunately the concept of lanes doesn't seem to exist for external PCI-e ports so its hard to judge if those would count as more lanes than a normal desktop.
The 20 year old workstation is to demonstrate that the slab form factor has been called a workstation from the beginning.
- wkat4242 3y agoIt's because the term itself has changed. Not every PC is a workstation. These days we call it that if it has at least HEDT or server hardware. More PCIe lanes than desktops comes with that. Even Apple's previous Mac Pros have been matching that definition.
- detourdog 3y agoWhich standard body is that we? It's has always been a subjective term and I believe it has more to do with output than consumption of resources during a compute cycle. There is no reason to try to dispute some claim to the term.