Solid-state drives (SSDs) will undergo a major change next year: the predominant interface will begin moving from SATA III to PCIe Generation 2.0 in data centers and higher-end laptops.According to a new research report from Trendforce's research division, DRAMeXchange, this year's Macbook Air and MacBook Pro laptops already come equipped with PCIe G2 SSDs, which have two I/O lanes (known as PCIe G2x2). Next year, "it is highly likely" that Apple will upgrade to PCIe G2x4, offering four I/O lanes and up to 2GBps throughput.A speed test performed on a new MacBook Pro with the PCIe G2 SSD shows performance that's 200MB/s to 300MB/s faster than SATA III SSDs.Other PC brands are likely to follow Apple's lead, according to DRAMeXchange's senior manager Alan Chen."In 2014, both Microsoft's
