The standard needs to be developed well in advance of the devices that support it. PCIe 7.0 is not coming particularly quickly when compared to past standards.

The standard needs to be developed well in advance of the devices that support it. PCIe 7.0 is not coming particularly quickly when compared to past standards. PCIe 5.0 first draft was out in 2017, final spec released in 2019, platform support first available in 2021, devices that actually supported it on the market in late 2022. PCIe 6.0 first draft out in 2020, final spec released in 2022, first devices (and hopefully platform support?) out this year. PCIe 7.0 first draft out in 2024, spec scheduled to be released 2025, devices and platform support out probably a few years after that. It's not that the standard is moving super quickly, but that because everyone needs to collaborate for the standard to actually be interoperable, you get to see how the sausage is made and so the news about it seems to be out very early.