Hardware Jargon

This interview
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with the boss of a company that sells a range of low-level hardware
components had my head spinning in places. Spot the terms and acronyms
that are unknown to a software type like me. ;)

Here’s a word that had me baffled for a while: “retimer”. I couldn’t
imagine what that was. My undergrad science background jumped to the
conclusion that it rhymed with “polymer”, and that it might be some
kind of chemical compound or biological cellular component. But no, it
is a “re-timer”, which is a component used to extend the reach of the
new PCIe 6.0 spec.