Amusingly PCIe is talking CopprLink now, which is amusing because it also the expected basis for future optical work (yet has coppr in the name). I'm honestly n

Amusingly PCIe is talking CopprLink now, which is amusing because it also the expected basis for future optical work (yet has coppr in the name). I'm honestly not sure what if anything it brings vs OCuLink, if relaxes timings at all/allows latency, or if it's just specifying connectors etc. https://pcisig.com/blog/pcie%C2%AE-cabling-%E2%80%93-journey-copprlink%E2%84%A2 https://pcisig.com/blog/pcie%C2%AE-cabling-%E2%80%93-journey... https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/copprlink-destroys-every-egpu-standard-in-new-test-achieves-near-native-level-performance-with-an-rtx-5090-setup-requires-usd2-300-worth-of-additional-hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/copprlink-de... Worth noting too that well respected vendors have been selling optical thunderbolt cables for a while now. I wonder if they are length limited for latency reasons (& hello hollow core fiber)? I wonder if they are usb3/multiprotocol, or if they are usb4 only. I also wonder how they handle the incredibly jank usb4 requirement to also have a separate legacy usb2. As a usb-c enjoyer, I can still admit: sure seems like USB is a lot of work to support! I can't help but wonder how blissfully simple a future CXL over cable stack might look by compare. https://www.owc.com/solutions/usb4-cables https://www.owc.com/solutions/usb4-cables