Chips and hardwareUpdated November 9

MCIO connectors replace standard PCIe slots on the board.

The other striking choice is how the board handles expansion. It has no standard PCIe slots and no OCP NIC 3.0 connector; instead, it offers up to 16 MCIO x8 connectors. Each supports PCIe 6.0 or CXL 3.0, adding up to 128 lanes in total. That makes MCIO the route for the board’s PCIe and CXL expansion, rather than conventional slots. ASRock Rack showed the board at the summit, but hasn’t shared pricing or availability.

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