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    1. This is just some speculation on my part, but I have the feeling optical is the only way forward for PCIe 7.0 and higher... I don't see how we can get past PCIe 6.0 with just copper.
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    The issue there is that it would almost certainly break backwards compatibility, as optical can't transfer power. Optical will also be weird since it requires more processing on either end.