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> PCIe P2P transfers go through the CPU

PCIe P2P transfers can go direct through a downstream PCIe switch such as found on chipsets without having to bump back up through the CPU.



And even with e.g. AMD Matisse, aka Desktop Ryzen Zen3 on AM4, it turns around in the PCIe root complex instead of consuming infinity fabric bandwidth.




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