PCI Express 7.0 devices targeting 2026 release at the earliest

Inconceivably fast SSDs and other PC components expected at some point but… it will be a while

In less than three years PC users will be able to buy SSD drives that perform 17 times faster than the best PCIe 4.0 models of today (such as the pictured Samsung 990 Pro). That is the plan, anyway. (Image: Samsung)

Come on, you know how things are in the magical world of computer hardware standards: it does not really matter whether a new one has just started making sense, it does not matter that there’s not a…