My biggest complaint with the current Pc is excessive power consumption. The second is the heat generated by NVMe SSDs. A 1 acre metal motherboard covering half of the board, or an Ssd cooled by a tower heatsink with a small fan, is not what I'd like to see. Anyway, it's not like the Gen5x4Ssd delivers a concrete performance boost.

Therefore, the news of Intel's efforts to create a bandwidth controller driver to address these issues (via Tom's hardware) is of concern.This driver is intended for Linux users to control the thermal problems inherent in high-bandwidth PCIe devices by reducing PCIe link speeds if necessary.

Phoronix reports that drivers need to incorporate mechanisms to reduce the link width of PCIe Gen6 devices. So if the system detects an excessively high temperature, it can reduce the Gen6x4 drive to x2 or x1. Changelog indicates that changing the link width in this way is not possible on Gen5 devices.

The driver itself is actually a good idea. I like the idea of dynamic throttling under the right circumstances, but I am concerned that it is necessary. The fast Gen5 drive, which can hit 14GB/s if it is not properly cooled, can be squeezed easily. I shudder to think about what kind of cooling a top spec Gen6 drive needs. Maybe we have an integrated M.You will see more AIO with 2 cooling blocks.

For now, the drivers are Linux-only, leaving questions about how such drivers can reach the Windows ecosystem. It's not that hard to develop. If Gen6 devices are really at the core, the SSD industry, Intel, AMD, Microsoft, and laptop manufacturers should be able to put their heads together and make something like this.

I would like to see a transition from a generic x4 drive to more x2 or x1 drives. The Gen6x1 drive, like the current Gen4x4 drive, can be transferred at up to 7GB/s. Most of us never need a Gen28x4 drive that can transfer 6GB/s in turn. 

Random performance and I/O is what makes a good SSD, but the fact is easy to understand by manufacturers interested in promoting big numbers

My frustration aside, I want to see dynamic throttling come not only to SSDs, but hopefully all PCIe devices. It's a good thing. As long as it works without any problems, of course! A few watts saved here or everything there will be added. Lower temperature is always welcomed. And with that, hopefully even annoying little fans can be banished.