# SMI says Nvidia is driving its consumer PCIe 6.0 roadmap, not AMD and Intel — RTX Spark agentic AI platform fuels a hunger for storage bandwidth

> Silicon Motion is aligning its plans for PCIe 6. 0 SSD controllers for client systems with Nvidia's roadmaps rather than those of AMD and Intel, client VP Nelson Duann said in an interview with Tom's Hardware.

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/silicon-motions-client-pcie-6-x-roadmap-is-driven-by-nvidia-not-by-amd-and-intel-rtx-spark-agentic-ai-platform-could-fuel-a-hunger-for-storage-bandwidth?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a329b52de814794a0d70685)
- **Published:** 2026-06-17
- **Category:** Computers & IT
- **Tags:** #nvidia #intel #amd #geforce-rtx #pcie #platform #agentic #bandwidth
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