What is x4 x6 x8 in computer hardware

[Guest]

hi,

 

[WR2]

PCI Express or PCI-e lanes. There are also x1 and x16.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

 

[Guest]

Could also be x2 core cpu, x4 core cpu, x6 core cpu or x8 core cpu!

 

[WR2]

Good point. I would have jumped on that if I'd seen a x2 listed.

 

[uh_no]

or x86 for the 8086 cpu architecture....or x64....short for x86-64, or the x86 architecture with 64 bit extentions