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I can find no direct link to any PCI-SIG News corroborating this story and the article links to no outside source directly AFAIK.

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It's on the PCI-SIG website, I found the announcement in the newsroom under "PCI-SIG® Highlights PCIe Technology as the Interconnect of Choice for HPC at SC23"

https://pcisig.com/newsroom

https://pcisig.com/sites/default/files/newsroom_attachments/...

> PCI-SIG announced the new naming scheme for PCIe Internal and External Cables will be CopprLink™ . The PCIe 5.0 and PCIe 6.0 Internal and External Cable Specifications are currently in development and are targeted for release in 2024.

Too Bad the Phoronix Article did not link there and according to the Phoronix article there maybe be some Trademark issue with a Company's CopperLink branding/naming as CopprLink(PCI-SIG) is just too close there.

This is the first time I am seeing it on their website as well. When writing the article earlier I couldn't find it on their website either... Just the email I received directly from the PCI-SIG press rep.

But yes a rather 'weird' announcement with little detail and Copprlink does show (TM) though can't find it in the USPTO database and does indeed seem odd name given established Copperlink breanding.

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